"coin, money in the form of coins, metallic money as a medium of exchange" (as opposed to paper money or bullion), 1670s, from phrase in specie "in the real or actual form" (1550s), from Latin in specie "in kind" (in Medieval Latin, "in coin"), from ablative of species "kind, form, sort" (see species).
雙語例句
1. Such treachery should be repaid in specie.
對這種奸詐應以同樣的方式加以回報.
來自辭典例句
2. To make all your friends that there is something specie in them.
要讓所有的朋友感到他們是與眾不同的.
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3. This is the adaptation of desert specie to the hot conditions.
這就是沙漠物種對炎熱環境的適應.
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4. H : Weren't Bank of England notes backed by specie?
堀田: 英格蘭銀行發行的紙幣不是以金銀鑄幣作為依據 嗎 ?
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5. The specie held by the banking system actually declined.