N a small British coin worth half a new penny, withdrawn from circulation in 1985 半便士; 价值为半个新便士的小英国硬币，已从货币流通中撤销 (Also called half)
Just see how many people try to pick even this half penny up.
然后看看到底有多少人试图把粘到地上的那一半硬币捡起来。
It is not good that the wage gap between women and men has narrowed by less than half a penny per year since 1963.
这不是个好时代，因为女性和男性的薪酬差距自1963年以来仅仅减少了不到半个便士。
If I got a penny every time I heard somebody saying that they were not made to be active I would be … maybe not a millionaire … but a half-millionaire definitely.
我听有些人说：如果他们不是生来就懒，存下每一分钱，“也许我会成为百万富翁，或者至少肯定是半个百万富翁了”。
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