【句子】Relax. This is a promotional item. Didn't cost me a dime. 【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/rɪˈlæks/ /ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /prəˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/ /ˈaɪ.təm/ /ˈdɪd.ənt/ /kɒst/ /kɑːst/ /mi:/ /ə/ /daɪm/

【发音技巧】This is a两处连读；item闪音；Didn't cost me失去爆破+不完全爆破；

【翻译】放心吧，这是促销商品，没花我一个子儿。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下这个dime相关的用法，它原本指的就是an American or Canadian coin that has the value of ten cents，（美国或加拿大的）10分硬币；

而在英文中not cost a dime或者not cost a penny就指的是：“没花一分钱；没花一个子儿”；前者常用于美式英语，后者常用于英式英语，意思都是：to not cost any money; to be free；

eg: Come to my party. It won't cost you a penny.

来参加我的派对吧，一分钱都不用你花。

eg: Don't worry about the tickets. They didn't cost me a penny! My friend gave them to me.

别担心票的事，我一分钱都没花！我朋友送的。

eg: This app is fantastic, and it doesn't cost a dime to download.

这个应用太棒了，而且下载完全免费。

eg: My advice won't cost you a dime, but it could save you a lot of trouble.

我的建议分文不取，但能帮你省去很多麻烦。

eg: Even if it didn't cost a penny, I still wouldn't want it. I have no space for it.

就算它一分钱不要，我也不想要。我没地方放。

eg: Don't buy that book! You can borrow it from the library and it won't cost you a penny.

别买那本书！你可以从图书馆借，一分钱都不用花。

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在公园里散步，享受阳光，分文不取，却是人生最简单的乐趣之一。

【绝望的主妇】“就算它一分钱不要，我也不想要。”

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