British exports have been handicapped by the strong pound.
英镑坚挺影响了英国的出口。
Yesterday the pound was quoted at $1.8285, unchanged from Monday.
昨天英镑报价为1.8285美元，这个价格从星期一以来未变。
The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar.
英镑对美元的比价降到了有记录以来最低水平。
I'd like a pound of peas, please.
我想要一磅豌豆，麻烦啦。
当然了，每磅33美分。
Give me a pound of tomatoes and a pound of eggplants.
给我一磅番茄和一磅茄子。
An 80-year-old man was attacked by a 200-pound kangaroo.
一个80岁的老人被一只200磅重的袋鼠袭击了。
2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef.
生产一磅牛肉需要2500加仑的水。
"I was thinkin'" answered Ben, "as I'd warrant tha's gone up three or four pound this week."
“我在想，”本回答说，“我敢保证这星期涨了三、四磅。”
Recent renewed surge of the dollar has helped send the pound and the French franc to new lows.
美元最近的重新增值使英镑和法朗下跌到新的低度。
It used to be a pound but because we were making a bit of a loss we have had to increase it by 50p.
以前是一英镑，但是因为我们亏损了一点，所以不得不增加了50便士。
To grow and eat a pound of potatoes sends less than one-quarter pound of carbon dioxide into the air.
种植和吃掉一磅土豆，向空气中排放的二氧化碳不超过四分之一磅。
In English, it begins with the late novels of Henry James around 1900, in poetry with Eliot and with Ezra Pound.
在英语中，它始于1900年前后亨利·詹姆斯的晚期小说，和艾略特和艾兹拉·庞德的诗歌。
Traditionally, the new students give a pound of raisins to their elders as a token of gratitude for their guidance.
按照传统，新生会送给前辈们一磅葡萄干作为对他们指导的感谢。
With the dollar slumping to a 26-year low against the pound, already-expensive London has become quite unaffordable.
随着美元兑英镑汇率跌至26年来的低点，本已昂贵的伦敦已变得负担不起。
A tax of $1.29 per pound adds 64.5 cents to a good half-pounder, plus whatever tax they stick on the cheese and bun.
每磅征收1.29美元税，意味着一个半磅的汉堡包会增加64.5美分的税，这还没有算上对汉堡包所含的芝士和面包征收的税费。
According to AFP, the 330-pound pig survived by eating charcoal and drinking rainwater under the ruins of his pigsty.
据法新社报道，这头330磅重的猪在自己猪圈的废墟下靠吃木炭、喝雨水活了下来。
Prices went up an extra 3p on a pint of milk, 15p on a quarter of a pound of butter and 15p on a half pound of cheese.
一品脱牛奶的价格上涨了3便士，四分之一磅黄油上涨了15便士，半磅奶酪上涨了15便士。
A few years ago, a 75-pound stingray leaped out of the Atlantic Ocean at Vaca Key and slammed into a woman, killing her in the process.
前几年，在大西洋威卡礁，有一条75磅重的黄貂鱼越到船上，意外地致使一个妇女死亡。
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