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cent ☞centn. [sent] (cents)
双解释义 1. C 分 one 100th part of a US dollar or of certain other metric units of currency2. C 分值的硬币 coin of this value基本要点 1. cent的基本意思是“分”，指一美元或某些十进制货币单位的百分之一，也可指“分值的硬币”。2. cent是可数名词。3. cent还可作“百”解， per cent的意思是“百分之…”。词汇搭配 动词+～ care a ～ 在乎介词+～ per ～ 百分之… 句型例句 There has been a uniform fare of ten cents for any distance ever since. 从那以后不论远近车费一律是一角钱。 There are special buses carrying visitors to the reservoir at the charge of twenty cents each. 有专线汽车送旅客到水库，票价2角。 The eggs cost ten cents each. 这些鸡蛋一角钱一个。 I had a small room at a cost of fifteen cents per night. 我以每晚15便士的价钱租下了一个小房间。 The ferry hiked the fare to forty cents. 渡口把船费提高到40美分。 The strikers held out for a raise of five cents an hour. 罢工的人坚持要求每小时增加5分钱。 The motor-car industry has cut back production by fifteen per cent. 汽车工业把产量削减了15%。 Traffic accidents have increased by five per cent in the past year. 去年交通事故增加了5%。常用短语 ♣ not have a red cent 很穷 be very poor I'm sorry. I can't lend you anything—I don't have a red cent. 很抱歉，我不能借钱给你——我身无分文。 ♣ not worth a cent 一文不值 be worthless The book was old and it was not worth a cent. 这本书旧了，一文不值。补充资料 ［词源］ 拉丁语centum（百，百分之一） |