他们把价格降低五镑。
They knocked five pounds off the price.

他的债务共达五千镑。
His debts amount to 5,000 pounds.

雇工一天的工资是六镑。
The salary of a hireling is 6 pounds per day.

那栋房子他替我估价两万英镑。
He valued the house for me at 20000 pounds.

1971年前，二十先令等于一英镑。镑
Twenty shillings were equal to one pound before 1971.

英镑的前途可能会怎样？
Whither the pound sterling?

他把英镑兑换成等值的美元。
He changed his pounds for the equivalent amount in dollars.

在伦敦英镑对美元仍坚挺，但在纽约却跌了一点儿。
The pound stayed firm against dollar in London but fell a little in New York.