red cent

基本解釋

Not one single red cent!
竝非一單個(gè)的一分錢(qián)！
"We're not going to see none of that, " Mr. Jacobs said. "Not one red cent. Whichever way it goes.
雅各佈斯說(shuō)：“我們沒(méi)有看到任何有益的事，我們沒(méi)有得到一分錢(qián)，無(wú)論是哪種形式的。
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'We had not one red cent in this venture,' she says. 'I would no more put any money in a project of Morton's like that than I would go to the moon.'
她說(shuō)，在這個(gè)公司中，我們一分錢(qián)也沒(méi)有投，我要是會(huì)把錢(qián)投到莫頓這樣的項(xiàng)目中，我都能上月球了。

Furious about the state's gambling laws, he argued his case fiercely and ended up with a drastically reduced fine—paid by his lawyer, because he refused to give the state one red cent.
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The sad fact of life is that the Greek path is just not good enough in terms of drive and determination and this nation does not deserve a red cent more in aid.
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Even better, the Irish government goes out of its way to make sure companies don't pay a single red cent in double taxation when they eventually repatriate their profits to their home countries.
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a cent considered as a trivial amount of money (esp in the phrases not have a red cent, not worth a red cent, etc)