- 1n/ˌpiːtərz ˈpens/Catholic gift to the Pope伯多祿獻金
Money that Roman Catholics in many countries give to the Pope, used to help pay for the running of the Vatican, the offices of the Pope.
這是天主教徒捐給教宗的錢。用途是支應梵蒂岡的運作。梵蒂岡就是教宗辦公的地方。名字裡的 Peter 指聖伯多祿，也就是聖彼得。pence 是 penny 的舊複數，帶著「一個人一點點，湊成一筆」的意思。這個說法不可數，動詞要用單數。多半出現在教會通知或跟梵蒂岡有關的文章裡。
示範例句 · Example
Our church collects Peter's pence once a year.
中文翻譯我們的教堂一年募集一次伯多祿獻金。
Peter's pence is the name of a collection, not of a coin you could hold today. The Peter in the name is Saint Peter, whom Catholics count as the first Pope, and pence is the old plural of penny, so the name itself says a small amount from a great many people. It is uncountable and takes a singular verb: Peter's pence is collected once a year. You will meet it in church notices and in writing about the Vatican rather than in conversation.
常見搭配
collect Peter's pence
募集伯多祿獻金
to take up this yearly collection
The parish collects Peter's pence every summer.
give to Peter's pence
捐伯多祿獻金
to put money into this collection
Families were asked to give to Peter's pence this month.
意思相近
Peter's penny
- 2n/ˌpiːtərz ˈpens/penny tax in old England（英國史）教宗稅
A tax of one penny that each person in England had to pay to the Pope every year, until Henry VIII stopped it in 1534.
這是英國歷史上的一種稅。每個人每年要交一便士給教宗。金額很小，但是全國都要交。這筆稅一直收到 1534 年。那一年亨利八世把它停掉。看到年代在 1534 年以前，多半就是這個意思。今天的文章用同一個名字指現在的捐獻，所以要靠年代分辨。
This is the older English meaning and it belongs to history writing, because the payment itself ended in 1534. The amount was fixed and tiny, one penny a year from each person, but it went from a whole country to Rome, year after year. Modern writers use the same name for the collection Catholics give the Pope today, so the date in the sentence usually tells you which of the two you are reading.
常見搭配
pay Peter's pence
繳交這筆教宗稅
to hand over this yearly penny to the Pope
Every household had to pay Peter's pence each year.
end Peter's pence
廢止這筆稅
to stop the payment by law
Henry VIII ended Peter's pence in 1534.
意思相近
Peter's penny