先令

Send her a postal order two shillings, half a crown.

用邮政汇票给她寄两先令去——不，半克朗吧。

I am assured by our Merchants, that a Boy or Girl, before twelve years Old, is no saleable Commodity, and even when they come to this Age, they will not yield above three Pounds, or three Pounds and half a Crown at most on the Exchange, which cannot turn to Account either to the Parents or the Kingdom, the Charge of Nutriments and Rags having been at least four times that Value.

我从我们的商人那里得到确证，十二岁前的男孩或女孩作为商品并不适合销售，即使他们到了十二岁，他们的利润也不会多于三镑，最多通过交易获利三镑五先令，可这并不能补偿他们的父母，也不能补偿王国，他们吃过的营养品和穿过的衣物的钱至少是这些的四倍。

The caul was won, I recollect, by an old lady with a hand-basket, who, very reluctantly, produced from it the stipulated five shillings, all in halfpence, and twopence halfpenny short—as it took an immense time and a great waste of arithmetic, to endeavour without any effect to prove to her.

我还记得，胎膜让一位手里拎一个篮子的老太太给抽着了。她万个不情愿地从篮子里摸索出预先规定的五个先令，全都是半便士的零碎硬币，而且最后还差两个半便士——因为尽管是给她解释了老半天，一分分算给他听，都无济于事。

At sevenpence an hour that came to one pound four and ninepence halfpenny.

按每小时七便士算，一共是一镑四先令九个半便士。

On the chilly hillside, he is unwilling to write his will on the ten-shilling bill.

在寒冷的山坡上，他不情愿地在十先令的帐单上写遗嘱。

Ten bob I got for Molly's combings when we were on the rocks in Holles street.

当我们住在霍利斯街日子过得很紧的时候，我曾把摩莉脱落的头发卖了十先令。

He would give a book worth 40 shillings to anyone who could deduce Kepler's laws from the inverse-square law.

Christopher Wren打赌如果有人能用平方反比定律推论开普勒定律，他就会将一本价值40先令的书送给这个人。

He found Franklin, for instance , trimming arc lamps in an ipswich factory for a few shilling a week

例如，他发现富兰克林在伊普斯威奇市的一家工厂里做装饰弧光灯的工作，一星期只赚几个先令。

Acknowledged in these modern days as one of the most elegant and sophisticated of dining occasions, the first afternoon tea at The Langham, London was served in 1865 at Salle A Manger for Ladies and Gentlemen for the princely sum of one shilling and six pence.

1865年，伦敦朗廷酒店的Salle A Manger供应了第一份下午茶，因此也被一致公认为摩登时代最高雅的用餐场所之一。当时，下午茶花费总计约1先令6便士。

A man who is employed in or keeps a livery stable .

他把马放在马厩里，每天出30先令请人代养。

This one mode pays close attention to network credence foundation of the businessman very much.

这一模式非常关注商人的网络信用基础。

Cell morphology of bacterial ghost of Pasteurella multocida was observed by scanning electron microscopy and inactivation ratio was estimated by CFU analysi.

扫描电镜观察多杀性巴氏杆菌细菌幽灵和菌落形成单位评价遗传灭活率。