英:[ə bæd ˈpeni]
美:[e bæd ˈpɛni]
英:[ə bæd ˈpeni]
美:[e bæd ˈpɛni]
反复出现的讨厌的人[物],一再露面的不需要的人[物]
1 A bad penny always comes back.
伪币迟早归原主.
2 At every party, Helen attended that year he'd keep coming back again like a bad penny.
那一年,海伦参加晚会,没有一次不见到他,觉得很讨厌。
3 He kept turning up like a bad penny at every party.
没有哪次晚会见不到他,真令人讨厌。