名词分（辅币单位，相当于许多国家主币面值的1%，如美元或欧元的1%）网络美分；百；分币
1. not care a cent : 毫不在乎；
在邮局
A：Three twenty-five cent stamps, please.
请给我三张25 分的邮票。
B：Here you are. Seventy-five cents, please.
好的。请给我75 分。
A：And please send this letter by registered mail.
还要寄这封挂号信。
B：Is there anything valuable in it?
里面有什么重要的东西吗？
A：There’s a check for two hundred dollars and a photograph.
里面有一张200 元的支票及一张照片。
B：Shall I make out a receipt?
您需要开一张收据吗？
A：No, don’t bother.
不用了，不用麻烦。
B：That will be ninety-five cents in all.
那总共需要95 分。
在商店
A：Would you give me some fruits? How much are these oranges?
能给我一些水果吗？这些桔子要多少钱？
B：Seventy cents a piece.
一个7 角。
A：How about this one?
这个怎样？
B：Sixty cents a piece.
6 角一个。
A：Well, I’ll take five of the seventy cent ones, and are those grapefruits sweet?
哦，我要5 个7 角的，另外这些葡萄柚甜吗？
B：Sure! They are very fresh, first of all. We sell at a bargain, and you make a wise purchase if you buy them today. Eighty cents only, a piece.
当然甜！最重要的是新鲜。我们便宜卖，如果你今天买就很划算，一个只要8 角钱。
A：I follow you and I’ll take three just for my trial.
我懂你的意思，我买3 个试试。
B：Thank you very much and anything else?
非常谢谢你，还要其他东西吗？
A：That’s all. Thank you.
就只要这些了。谢谢。
2. 音分：因此人们引入了音分(Cent)的概念,它是十二平均律中半音的百分之一,一个大二度就是200音分. 1倍频程(八度音)就包含1200音分.
1. 分(美元、欧元等的货币单位)
A cent is a small unit of money worth one hundredth of some currencies, for example the dollar and the euro.
e.g. A cup of rice which cost thirty cents a few weeks ago is now being sold for up to one dollar...
几个星期前卖30美分一杯的米饭，如今卖到1美元。
e.g. We haven't got a cent.
我们身无分文。