
平凡的
多而賤的
Ideas and visions are two a penny.
想法和規劃多得不值錢。
I said to be two a penny into not asking you how many burden?
我說是兩毛錢進一次,不是問你有多少斤?
He passionately believes that the alliance model he has created is superior both to the full mergers the car industry has often mucked up and to the limited co-operation deals that are two a penny.
他激情滿滿地相信這種聯盟模式既優越于汽車産業常搞得一團糟的完全兼并,又高于常見卻有限的相互合作。
At first the price of a copy of newspaper was seldom a penny—usually two or three cents was charged.
起初,一份報紙的零售價很少會是一分錢,通常會收取兩、三分錢。
At a penny for two sticks, he made $5,000 in his first year and established the world's first chewing-gum factory in Portland in 1850.
他以兩塊口香糖一便士的價格,在第一年賺到了5000美元,并且于1850年在波特蘭城建立了世界上第一個口香糖工廠。
短語“two a penny”是典型的英式英語表達,用于形容某事物極其常見、廉價或毫無獨特性,強調因數量過多而失去價值。以下是詳細解析:
適用對象:多用于描述物品、現象或人(如職業、技能等)。
例句:
“These cheap plastic toys are two a penny in the market.”(這些廉價塑料玩具在市場上遍地都是。)
“Good programmers aren’t two a penny, despite what people think.”(盡管人們認為程式員很多,但優秀的并不常見。)
語氣:中性或輕微貶義,可替代類似“commonplace”“plentiful but low-value”的表達。
若需強調“過度飽和導緻貶值”,可結合上下文使用類似表達,如“oversupplied”“run-of-the-mill”或“nothing special”。反義詞則為“rare as hen’s teeth”(極為罕見)。
詞性: 名詞
發音: [tuː ə ˈpɛni]
定義: 該詞用于表示某物或某人數量衆多,很常見,不值錢或不重要。
例句:
用法: 該短語通常用于口語和非正式場合。
近義詞: commonplace, ubiquitous, widespread
反義詞: rare, scarce
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