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Please give your two cents on the matter.
请对那件事发表意见吧。
解词:two cents
Noun
1.(idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.
That's just my two cents; you can believe what you like.
2 (US, idiomatic, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
That car won't last a week; it's not worth two cents.
Usage notes
Two cents and two cents' worth have eclipsed the native two pennies' worth in England even though the cent is not a unit of currency there.
Synonyms
(opinions or thoughts): two pennies' worth (UK)
(opinions or thoughts): tuppence worth, tuppenceworth, tuppence-worth (UK)
(opinions or thoughts): two penn’orth, twopenn’orth, two pennorth (UK)
Derived terms
two cents' worth
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