詞彙精選：fare的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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n.

票價；費用 [C]

例句：

How much is the fare to Memphis?

到孟斐斯的車費要多少呢?

例句：

Rail traveller is complained about rising fare.

鐵路乘客抱怨車票漲價。

乘客；旅客 [C]

例句：

The taxi-driver stopped to pick up a fare.

計程車司機停下車來搭載一名乘客。

例句：

He picked up a fare in Oxford Street and took him to Kensington .

他在牛津街搭載了一位乘客並將其送到肯辛頓。

食物

例句：

Your papa invited Mr. Rokesmith to partake of our lowly fare.

你爸爸請了洛克史密斯先生來嚐點兒我們的粗茶淡飯。

例句：

He turned hungrily on the simple fare that our landlady had provided.

他飢腸轆轆地轉向女房東拿來的簡單食品。

v.

吃，進食 [I]

例句：

He usually fares sumptuously.

他平常吃得很豐富。

例句：

He has fared hard and worked hard to make good everybody's loss.

他一向省吃儉用、辛辛苦苦，儘量讓別人少受一些損失。

過活；經營；進展 [I]

例句：

He fared well on his trip.

他旅途順利。

例句：

It is unlikely that the marine industry will fare any better in September.

海運業在9月份不可能有好轉。

遭遇 [I]

例句：

You could go further and fare worse.

如果你想得到更好的，結果可能更糟。

例句：

How did it fare with him?

他結果如何？

二、詞義辨析：

charge,price,fee,fare,cost,expense

這些名詞均有“價格，費用”之意。charge指提供服務時索取的費用，也指貨物的價格、價錢。price指商品在市場出售的價格，尤指賣方對商品所提出的單價。比喻意義指付出的代價。fee指上學、求醫以及找律師等付的費用，還可指會費、借書費等。fare側重指旅行時所付的車、船費等費用。cost指生產某東西的成本，也泛指商品的價格，可與price換用。expense常指實際支付的費用總數額，有時也指錢的花費。

三、相關短語：

bill of fare

菜單;節目單,商品名目

四、參考例句：

How much is the fare to Memphis?

到孟斐斯的車費要多少呢?

She rowed the driver about the fare.

她爲車費跟司機吵鬧。

How did it fare with him?

他結果如何？

You could go further and fare worse.

如果你想得到更好的，結果可能更糟。

Healthier fare gets a green label.

健康的食物會被打上綠色的標籤。

How much is the fare to Memphis?

到孟斐斯的車費要多少呢?

The single fare to London is expensive.

去倫敦的單程票價很貴。

A single fare is 170 dollars.

單程票價爲170美元。

What is the air fare to London?

到倫敦的飛機票要多少錢？

What's the bus fare to Boston?

到波士頓的公共汽車費用是多少？