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pound AMOUNTpaJnd(abbreviation for lb) n [C]a unit for measuring weight磅One pound is approximately equal to 454 grams.1磅大约等于454克。One kilogram is roughly the same as 2.2 lbs.1千克大约相当于2. 2磅。There are 16 ounces in one pound.1磅等于16盎司。Ann's baby weighed eight and a half pounds at birth.安的小孩出生时重8. 5磅。I'd like three pounds of bananas and a pound of pears, please.我要3磅香蕉,1磅梨。Mushrooms cost about a pound (= one pound in money) (for) a pound (= one pound in weight) at the market.市场上1磅蘑菇售价1英镑。A pound of flesh is something which you have the legal right to receive but which is unreasonable to demand from someone.合法但有悖于情理的要求His boss insisted on getting her pound of flesh from him and forced him to carry on working while his daughter was ill.他的老板坚持向他提出有悖于情理的要求,在他女儿生病时还逼他上班。
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