cent
cent — 名詞
- centsingular
- centsplural
1. a small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a dollar. One cent is the same a
美分
美元百分之一單位
a small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a dollar. One cent is the same as one percent of a dollar, and there are one hundred cents in a dollar bill. A one-cent coin is commonly called a penny in the United States.
Nikhil found a penny — a one-cent coin — on the floor of the school bus.
Nikhil 在校車地板上撿到一枚一分錢硬幣。
one-cent coin used as appositive clarification
A first-class stamp now costs seventy-three cents, up from last year.
第一類郵件的郵票現在要七十三美分，比去年漲了。
When the total came to eight dollars and twelve cents, Lucas handed the cashier a ten-dollar bill.
總金額是八美元十二美分，Lucas 遞給收銀員一張十美元鈔票。
pattern: [dollar amount] and [cent amount] for prices
Harper dropped a quarter, two dimes, and three cents onto the counter.
Harper 把一枚兩毛五、兩枚一毛和三枚一分錢硬幣放在櫃檯上。
coins explicitly listed alongside cent amount
Every cent of the money raised at the bake sale went to the animal shelter.
義賣活動募到的每一分錢都捐給了動物收容所。
idiomatic: every cent of [amount] meaning 'all of it'
- fifty cents
- ninety-nine cents
- ten cents off
- per cent
- cent coin
- five-cent piece
- penny
everyday US term for a one-cent coin; strictly informal and refers only to the coin, not to the value unit
用法筆記
In the United States and Canada, a one-cent coin is usually called a penny rather than a cent coin, but the value is always described in cents (e.g., 'costs ninety-nine cents').
常見錯誤
2. a small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a euro, used in the countries of
歐分
歐元百分之一單位
a small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a euro, used in the countries of the eurozone. Euro cents exist as coins in eight different values: one, two, five, ten, twenty, and fifty cents, plus one and two euros.
Felix paid one euro and fifty cents for a fresh baguette at the bakery.
Felix 花了一歐元五十歐分在麵包店買了一條新鮮的法國長棍麵包。
pattern: [euro amount] and [cent amount]
The parking meter in Chiara's neighborhood costs twenty cents for ten minutes.
Chiara 家附近的停車收費器每十分鐘要二十歐分。
Dario emptied his pockets and found forty-two euro cents in loose change.
Dario 掏出口袋，發現了四十二歐分的零錢。
phrase: 'euro cents' clarifies the currency type
A loaf of bread in Lisbon costs around one euro and thirty cents.
在里斯本，一條麵包大約要一歐元三十歐分。
Rodrigo picked up a two-euro-cent coin from the pavement outside the station.
Rodrigo 在車站外的人行道上撿起一枚兩歐分硬幣。
hyphenated compound: two-euro-cent coin
- euro cent
- fifty euro cents
- ten-euro-cent coin
- twenty-cent piece
用法筆記
Euro cents are used in all twenty eurozone countries. When there is a risk of confusion with US or Canadian cents, write or say euro cents instead of just cents.
常見錯誤
同根字
- percent副詞A2
- percentage名詞B1
- century名詞A2
- centennial形容詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- cent coin
- cent piece
- cent increase
- cent discount
常用片語
- not worth a cent
- every last cent
- cent for cent
介系詞搭配
- per cent
- cents off
- cents in the dollar