n BrE p a plural of penny a few pence a 20 pence stamp
1. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. 积少自然成多。
2. Three pounds fifty pence, please. 请付3英镑50便士。
3. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out. 但他摸了半天也没找到那50便士硬币,他的胳膊反倒退不出来了。
4. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there. 我给了不少50便士的硬币,但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
5. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. 在他去糖果店的路上,50便士掉在地上,在人行道上跳了几下,掉进了阴沟里。
6. It´s not worth haggling over a few pence. 为几便士争论不休实在不值得.
7. I have ten pence. 我有十便士(的钱)
8. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes. 如果50便士不拿来换糖吃,则可以放在储蓄罐里叮当响上好几月。
9. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. 昨天,我给了他50便士让存起来,
10. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. 却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。