halfpenny

halfpenny

1. come back again like a bad halfpenny

come back again like a bad penny

2. twopenny halfpenny thing

n. 低廉的东西

3. Nothing for nothing and very little for a halfpenny.

一分钱,一分货。

4. not a halfpenny the worse

一点 也没受到 损失 一点也没减少

5. It is no use spoiling the ship for a halfpenny worth of tar.

不要因小失大。

6. Don't bother her with such halfpenny things.

不要用这种微不足道的事情来打扰她。

7. but every adult who derives his knowledge of public affairs from the newspapers can take in, at the cost of an extra halfpenny, two papers of opposite politics.

不过对于从报纸里了解公共事务的成年人来说,他们可以多花几毛钱购买两份政见不同的报纸。

8. twopence halfpenny

两个半便士(2.5便士)

9. It is no use spoiling the sheep for a halfpenny worth of tar.

为省半便士焦油钱,死了一条羊。

10. His opinion is not worth a halfpenny.

他的意见毫无价值。

11. 1. He was sent away and, a few days later, brought back, like the bad halfpenny .

他被送走了,可没过几天,又像没用的赝币一样被退回来了。

12. Other restrictions included that the rate of no more than a halfpenny in the pound could be levied.Furthermore, this money could not be used to purchase books.

其它的限制措施包括一英镑中不能抽取超过半便士的税率,而且这些款项不能用于购买图书。

13. the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.

半便士可以买的东西。

14. Contents are likewise clear indicators of who's who by what's what: fish scales and crayfish parts suggest otter, says Halfpenny in his field guide.

同样地,成份也是明显指标,因为某些动物吃的就是某些食物,哈夫彭尼在他的野外指南写道:如果内含鱼鳞和螯虾壳,表示是水獭的。

15. Four pence halfpenny.

四个半便士。

16. no one had given her a halfpenny;

在这样的寒冷和黑暗中。

17. bad halfpenny

坏蛋 没出息的家伙

18. She bought a halfpenny stamp.

她买了一枚半便士的邮票。

19. 3. Bangladesh has an army, but it is a twopenny halfpenny affair kept deliberately weak, with the security forces split into three separate groups.

孟加拉国拥有一支军队,但是由于安全部队分裂成三个独立的派别,这支军队微不足道,并且有意使之弱小。

20. 1. Bangladesh has an army, but it is a twopenny halfpenny affair kept deliberately weak, with the security forces split into three separate groups.

孟加拉国拥有一支军队,但是由于安全部队分裂成三个独立的派别,这支军队微不足道,并且有意使之弱小。

21. a twopenny halfpenny affair

微不足道的小事情

22. My hat to a halfpenny!

我敢打赌, 千真万确!

23. a tuppenny twopenny halfpenny affair

无关紧要的小事情

24. Not a halfpenny the worse.

毫不逊色,一点也不差。

25. and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.

济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

26. They never seem to have two halfpenny to rub together.

看来他们从没见识过大钱。

27. 3. Susan felt sure that she knew exactly the price of everything on the list and would count the change to the last halfpenny when she returned.

苏珊有把握自己知道单子上每样东西的确切价钱,回家后定会把找回的钱一分一厘都清点清楚。

28. After that there wasn't a halfpenny left.

那以后,连半便士也不剩了。

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