pence是什么意思？

pence

英[pens] 美[pens]

• n. penny的复数；

例句

• At yesterday’s auction an old coin sold for many times more than its face value of 20 pence. 昨天的拍卖会上，一枚20便士的古币以高出面值多倍的价格售出。
• As from Sunday,May 1st,all fares on the corporation’s transport services will be increased by ten pence in the pound. 从5月1日即星期日起,本公司运输费将每磅提高10便士。
• The company's shares are currently being quoted at 62 pence a share. 该公司股票的现在报价是每股62便士。
• These apples cost 40 pence per pound. 这些苹果每磅40便士。
• The government has clapped an extra ten pence on a packet of cigarettes. 政府对每包香烟加价10便士。
• These cost ten pence a pound. 这些东西10便士一磅。
• I staked ten pence upon a horse, and it won. 我在一匹马身上押了十便士, 而它居然赢了.
• She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl. 她数出15个便士交给女店员.
• Jaguar shares climbed 43 pence to 510 pence. 捷豹汽车的股价攀升了43便士，达到510便士。
• The price of petrol is coming down by four pence a gallon. 汽油的价格每加仑降了4便士。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  penny的复数
  As from Sunday,May 1st,all fares on the corporation’s transport services will be increased by ten pence in the pound. 从5月1日即星期日起,本公司运输费将每磅提高10便士。 At yesterday’s auction an old coin sold for many times more than its face value of 20 pence. 昨天的拍卖会上，一枚20便士的古币以高出面值多倍的价格售出。