50.四项“费用”。charge,fee,fare,cost
(1)charge:费用;收费。此词可泛指与人们方便、舒适等有关的任何服务或事情所收取的费用。如:
The charges for electricity and gas will be increased next year.
电费和煤气费明年将要增加。
It is such a small matter that I do not care to make any charge.
那么小一件事情,我不愿收任何费用。
(2)fee:费用;酬金;小费。指给医生、律师等专业服务的付费,或某组织成员必须定期交付的会费。如:
membership fee会费/party(League)membership fee党(团)费/the fee for a haircut理发费/the fee for repairing修理费
(3)fare:(乘客支付的)公共交通费。指(乘车、乘船、乘出租车等)旅途费用。如:(https://www.daowen.com)
It takes much more money now to travel around as the fares have all gone up.
现在各处旅行花费的钱多了,因为各项车船费全涨价了。
(4)cost:费用;成本。如:
We must reduce the production cost.
我们必须降低生产成本。
另外tip指小费,change指零钱、找头。