这组词共同的意思是“费”。它们的区别是:
charge是普通用语,泛指生活各方面所花费的“价钱”“费用”,尤指某种服务的“费用”; fee指付给团体的费用,如“报名费”“会费”或付给自由职业者如私人教师、医生、律师等所收的“费用”或“谢金”,还可指“租书费”等; dues指应缴的款或应付的各种税或各种组织的会费; toll指使用道路、桥梁、海港等所需的“过路费”“过桥费”,也可指长途电话费、设施使用费或市场的摊位费等; 而fare主要指车、船、飞机等的旅费。例如:
The guidebook to the museum is available free of charge.这个博物馆的游览指南免费供应。
The doctor's fee was higher than we expected.那医生收费比我们预料的要高。
The shipowners must pay the dues for the use of the harbour every year.船主们每年必须交租用港口税。
A toll must be paid on the tunnel.通过这条隧道必须付通行费。
When you take a bus you have to pay the fare.坐公共汽车必须买票。
词源记忆法
来自古英语toll,费用,税费,关税,来自Proto-Germanic*tullo,计算数,告知,来自PIE*dol,计算,思考,词源同tell,tall.引申诸相关词义。
重要短语
toll call市外通话;[通信]长途电话;收费的长途电话;收费电话;
(figurative)The revolution tolled the death knell (= signalled the end) for the Russian monarchy.
那场革命敲响了俄国君主制的丧钟。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》The death toll from a tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands is expected to grow.
所罗门群岛海啸遇难人数预计还在增加。
来源:互联网摘选因此,在车流量非常大的高速公路上使用高效的收费监控系统是必不可少的.
来源:网络文摘精选This photo models used in highway or other major road toll station, the light above.
图片这款式应用在高速公路或国道等大型收费站上面的指示灯.
来源:互联网摘选The timid but tolerant toll man offered some timely tips as a token of tribute.
那个怯懦但宽容的收费员提供了一些很及时的消息以表示他的敬意.
来源:互联网摘选That battle took a heavy toll of the Taiping troops for they were attacked front and rear.
那次战役太平军因腹背受敌,伤亡惨重.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》Objective In order to explore the status of environmental contamination in traffic toll gate.
目的探讨道路收费站作业环境污染程度.
来源:网络文摘精选Vienna , Austria , 1740, at the heart ⌒ of ⌒ an ancient ⌒ empire, age takes ⌒ its toll.
一七四零年, 奥地利的维也纳位居这个古老王国的中心, 历经岁月的摧残.
来源:网络文摘精选An occasional indulgence is fine, but too much dessert can take a toll on waist lines.
偶尔放纵一下还好, 但过多的摄入甜点会让巨蟹的腰围变粗哦.
来源:网络文摘精选After six weeks of uncertainty , the strain was beginning to take its toll.
6个星期的忐忑不安后, 压力开始产生影响了.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.
昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼.
来源:《简明英汉词典》…the second highest annual murder toll in that city's history.
年谋杀案件总数处于该市历史上的第二高位
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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