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词汇 twopenny-halfpenny
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Definition of twopenny-halfpenny in English:

twopenny-halfpenny

adjectiveˌtʌp(ə)nɪˈheɪpni
British informal
  • Not worthy of consideration or respect; worthless or unimportant.

    〈英,非正式〉微不足道的;毫无价值的

    a twopenny-halfpenny dictator

    一个微不足道的独裁者。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ubiquitous twopenny-halfpenny clerk was everywhere, ever present and ever reliable.
    • There was good reason behind such ambitions, for ‘if you were a prince with no gun salute, then every twopenny-halfpenny political Agent could come and visit you every three months and ask to see the accounts.
    • I intended to convey that our charming host and hostess were superior to the follies of fashion, and preferred leading a simple and wholesome life to gadding about to twopenny-halfpenny tea-drinking afternoons, and living above their incomes.
    • It is your little twopenny-halfpenny authors - the sort that would be dear at six for a shilling - that ‘knock off’ things in a few hours.
    • Is it ethics - when did it influence your conduct in a twopenny-halfpenny affair between man and man?
    Synonyms
    poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck

Rhymes

halfpenny, shove-halfpenny
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