名詞分(輔幣單位,相當于許多國家主幣面值的1%,如美元或歐元的1%)網絡美分;百;分幣
1. not care a cent : 毫不在乎;
在郵局
A:Three twenty-five cent stamps, please.
請給我三張25 分的郵票。
B:Here you are. Seventy-five cents, please.
好的。請給我75 分。
A:And please send this letter by registered mail.
還要寄這封掛號信。
B:Is there anything valuable in it?
里面有什么重要的東西嗎?
A:There’s a check for two hundred dollars and a photograph.
里面有一張200 元的支票及一張照片。
B:Shall I make out a receipt?
您需要開一張收據(jù)嗎?
A:No, don’t bother.
不用了,不用麻煩。
B:That will be ninety-five cents in all.
那總共需要95 分。
在商店
A:Would you give me some fruits? How much are these oranges?
能給我一些水果嗎?這些桔子要多少錢?
B:Seventy cents a piece.
一個7 角。
A:How about this one?
這個怎樣?
B:Sixty cents a piece.
6 角一個。
A:Well, I’ll take five of the seventy cent ones, and are those grapefruits sweet?
哦,我要5 個7 角的,另外這些葡萄柚甜嗎?
B:Sure! They are very fresh, first of all. We sell at a bargain, and you make a wise purchase if you buy them today. Eighty cents only, a piece.
當然甜!最重要的是新鮮。我們便宜賣,如果你今天買就很劃算,一個只要8 角錢。
A:I follow you and I’ll take three just for my trial.
我懂你的意思,我買3 個試試。
B:Thank you very much and anything else?
非常謝謝你,還要其他東西嗎?
A:That’s all. Thank you.
就只要這些了。謝謝。
2. 音分:因此人們引入了音分(Cent)的概念,它是十二平均律中半音的百分之一,一個大二度就是200音分. 1倍頻程(八度音)就包含1200音分.
1. 分(美元、歐元等的貨幣單位)
A cent is a small unit of money worth one hundredth of some currencies, for example the dollar and the euro.
e.g. A cup of rice which cost thirty cents a few weeks ago is now being sold for up to one dollar...
幾個星期前賣30美分一杯的米飯,如今賣到1美元。
e.g. We haven't got a cent.
我們身無分文。