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pence

/pens/US // pɛns //UK // (pɛns) //

便士,彭斯,英鎊,英镑

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves: sixpence; The fare was 15 pence.

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Examples

  • And similar shards of enthusiasm-killing kryptonite are lodged in John Kasich, Mike Pence and Ted Cruz.

  • But Pence, who was slated to keynote this conference in just a few minutes?

  • Much of the praise of Pence is in this vein—he will not embarrass us.

  • Pence told the crowd, however, that he had only first come to New York 13 years ago, at the age of 40, when he was a congressman.

  • Pence, with his thick mane of hair and thick build, looks great on a flier.

  • In 1205 wheat was worth 12 pence per bushel, which was cheap, as there had been some years of famine previous thereto.

  • The King now increased it to the enormous sum of two shilling and ten pence.

  • They went away feeling ready for any trouble in reason, and they gave Leo more peacock feathers and pence than he could count.

  • On hearing this, the Earl of Gloucester at once sent Bruce a broad hint in the form of twelve pence and a pair of spurs.

  • Finally, on March 5, 1770, the Townshend Acts were repealed with the exception of the tax on tea: three pence per pound.