便士

For the sake of a few pence, almost any coolie will run an imminent risk of death.

仅仅为了几便士，几乎所有苦力阶层的人都会把性命置之度外。

The bottles have all been corked up.We had outgrown the old house and every penny my father earned was going into the new one.

我们已经长大，家里的老房已不够居住了，于是父亲挣的每一个便士都被投入了新房的建设。

Franklin's life is full of charming stories which all young men should know — how he peddled ballads in Boston, and stood, the guest of kings, in Europe; how he worked his passage as a stowaway to Philadelphia, and rode in the queen's own litter in France; how he walked the streets of Philadelphia, homeless and unknown, with threepenny rolls for his breakfast, and dined at the tables of princess, and received his friends in a palace; how he raised a kite from a cow shed, and was showered with all the high degrees the colleges of the world could give; how he was duped by a false friend as a boy, and became the friend of all humanity as a man; how he was made Major General Franklin, only to resign because, as he said, he was no solider, and yet helped to organize the army's that stood before the trained troops of England and Germany.

富兰克林的一生充满了迷人的传奇故事，青年人都应该知道：他如何在波士顿街道上叫卖民歌唱本，而后来又成为欧洲各国君王的宾客；他如何逃票登船，然后靠做工抵偿船资才到达赞城，后来在法兰西却坐上了王后的轿子；他如何买三个便士的面包卷当早饭，在费城的街道上流浪，举目无亲，无家可归。后来却成为公王筵席上的常客，并且在宫殿里会见他的朋友；他如何从牛棚放起风筝，后来却荣获世界各大学所能给予的雪片般飞来的高级学衔；他在儿时如何被一个虚伪的朋友所欺骗，成年后却成为全人类的良友；他如何被任命为富兰克林少将，但他仅是说他不是军人就辞了职，然而却又帮助缔造了那支敢于同训练有素的英德联军抗衡的军队。

Among these are a cowcatcher (to protect straying cattle and people from oncoming trains), the single penny postage idea for England, railway signals, the speedometer, ideas on game theory, system of signaling for lighthouses, a compendium of all manufacturing methods and engineering work in Britain.

其中有排障器（避免迷途的牲畜和人群被急驰而来的火车撞倒、在英国实施一便士邮资的建议、铁路信号、速度计、博弈论的思想、灯塔信号系统，以及一份关于英国全部制造方法与工程作业的纲要。

Brit former cupronickel coin of UK equal to three pennies.

早期英联邦一种价值为三便士的铜镍合金硬币。

An error by the Royal Mint in Britain has seen the issue of tens of thousands of 'dateless' 20 pence coins -- driving their value up to 50 pounds (60 euros, 80 dollars) each, a collector said Monday.

一名收藏者于本周一称，英国皇家铸币局近日酿成大错，数万枚20便士硬币被漏印铸造时间，这导致错币的身价飙升至每枚50英镑（合60欧元或80美元）。

It would be an easy map if that were all, but there is also first day at school, religion, fathers, the round pond, needle-work, murders, hangings, verbs that take the dative, chocolate pudding day, getting into braces, say ninety-nine, three-pence for pulling out your tooth yourself, and so on, and either these are part of the island or they are another map showing through, and it is all rather confusing, especially as nothing will stand still.

若是只有这些，这张地图倒也不难画。但是还有呢，第一天上学校，宗教，父亲，圆水池，针线活，谋杀案，绞刑，与格动词，吃巧克力布丁的日子，穿背带裤，数到九十九，自己拔牙奖给三便士，等等。这些若不是岛上的一部分，那就是画在另一张画上的了；总之，全都是杂乱无章的。尤其是因为，没有一件东西是静止不动的。

It's daylight robbery to charge60 pence for a cup of tea .

一杯茶卖60便士，简直是漫天要价。

It's daylight robbery to charge 50 pence for a cup of water.

一杯水竟要价50便士，简直是白日抢劫。

The basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom, worth 20 shillings or 240 old pence before the decimalization of 1971.Also called pound sterling

英磅：英国的基本货币单位，值20先令或1971年采用十进制以前的240旧便士也作 pound sterling

Breath, muscle contraction of the buttocks; arch body, as far as possible to hold his head, right leg straight towards the ceiling (peg-leg knee in order to avoid muscle tension).

呼气，收缩臀部肌肉；拱起身体，尽量抬起头来，右腿伸直朝向天花板（膝微屈，以避免肌肉紧张）。

The cost of moving grain food products was unchanged from May, but year over year are up 8%.

粮食产品的运输费用与5月份相比没有变化，但却比去年同期高8％。