| 单词 | tuppence |
| 释义 | tuppence noun[U] informaluk/ˈtʌp.əns/us/ˈtʌp.əns/(alsotwopence)twooldor new Britishpence （英国的）两便士British money
Idiomsnot care/give tuppence not give tuppence forsomething not matter tuppence Examplesoftuppencetuppence There is all the difference in the world between being paidtuppenceand being paid £1 million to do something. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Defence companies seeking to diversify will try anything fortuppence—or in this case 11p. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not caretuppenceabout the men, and the women, who have to endure the consequences of their proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, the pledge that is embodied in the clause that is being debated is not worthtuppence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The person does not caretuppencewhether he is in a black maria or at the police station. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody carestuppenceabout the people who occupy these homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I could put it more bluntly and say it looks as though they do not caretuppenceabout unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not caretuppenceabout the wording of the new clauses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not caretuppenceabout his personal character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not "caretuppence" how they get it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In point of fact, the people did not caretuppence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People as a whole do not caretuppenceabout the political colour of the councillors who represent them—they just want good government from them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A person who has four children and has been married for four years getstuppence, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How can she possibly justify a figure oftuppencea head? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One might be guilty of theft, an arrestable offence, if one had stolentuppence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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