英镑：英国的基本货币单位。
pound sterling //
→seepound
the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
同义词： British pound / pound / British pound sterling / quid
英镑
... pound of flesh 合乎法律的无礼要求... pound sterling n. 英镑 pound on 重击；猛打 ...
货币名称：英镑(Pound Sterling)；1英镑＝100便士。 汇率(2010年5月)：1英镑＝1.43美元；1英镑＝1.17欧元。
英镑
Pound Sterling please.
请换成英镑吧。
She converted her Renminbi into pound sterling.
她把她的人民币兑换成英镑。
They tried to rally the pound sterling but in vain.
他们企图恢复英镑币值，但劳而无功。
In 1931 they dropped convertibility of the pound sterling still called pound sterling even though it's not silver it was gold.
在1931年，他们放弃了英镑的可兑换性,仍然叫做英镑的话,即便它不是银，而是金。
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We call them consols because, in the early 1700s, the British Government issued what they called consols or consolidated debt of the British Crown that paid a certain amount of pound sterling every six months forever.
我们称之为公债是因为早在十八世纪初,英国政府规定他们称之为英国皇家,统合公债或者联合公债,要求永久性地,每六个月支付一定数量的英镑
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After WWI, the French central bank held many of its reserves in English pound sterling.
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Likewise, the yen has risen 6% against the Australia dollar and 4.4% against the British pound sterling.
That helps explain why the SNP is keen to keep the pound sterling instead of a move to the euro.