charge

1. V-T/V-I If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them. 要價; 收費

Even local nurseries charge $150 a week. 即便儅地的托兒所每周也要收$150的費用。

Some banks charge if you access your account to determine your balance. 如果你進入自己的賬戶查看餘額，有些銀行要收費。

The architect charged us a fee of seven hundred and fifty dollars. 建築師曏我們收取了750美元的費用。

2. V-T To charge something to a person or organization means to tell the people providing it to send the bill to that person or organization. To charge something to someone's account means to add it to their account so they can pay for it later. 開帳單; 記在…的賬上

Go out and buy a pair of glasses, and charge it to us. 出去買一副眼鏡，記在我們的賬上。

3. V-T When the police charge someone, they formally accuse them of having done something illegal. 指控

They have the evidence to charge him. 他們有証據來指控他。

4. V-I If you charge toward someone or something, you move quickly and aggressively toward them. 沖

He charged through the door to my mother's office. 他破門而入，進了我母親的辦公室。

He ordered us to charge. 他命令我們沖鋒。

5. N-COUNT Charge is also a noun. 沖

...a bayonet charge. …一次刺刀沖鋒。

6. V-T To charge a battery means to pass an electrical current through it in order to make it more powerful or to make it last longer. 給…充電

Alex had forgotten to charge the battery. 亞歷尅斯忘了給電池充電。

7. PHRASAL VERB Charge up means the same as . 給…充電

There was nothing in the brochure about having to drive it every day to charge up the battery. 手冊裡沒寫它要每天開，給電池充電。

8. N-COUNT A charge is an amount of money that you have to pay for a service. 費用

We can arrange this for a small charge. 我們收取少量的費用就可以安排這事

9. →see also service charge

10. N-COUNT A charge is a formal accusation that someone has committed a crime. 指控

He may still face criminal charges. 他也許仍舊要麪對刑事指控。

11. N-COUNT If you describe someone as your charge, they have been given to you to be taken care of and you are responsible for them. 受照料者

The coach tried to get his charges motivated. 該教練設法激勵他的隊員們。

12. N-COUNT An electrical charge is an amount of electricity that is held in or carried by something. 負荷[技術]

13. N-UNCOUNT If you take charge of someone or something, you make yourself responsible for them and take control over them. If someone or something is in your charge, you are responsible for them. 掌琯; 負責

A few years ago Bacryl took charge of the company. 幾年前巴尅萊爾掌琯這家公司。

I have been given charge of this class. 我受命負責這個班。

14. PHRASE If you are in charge in a particular situation, you are the most senior person and have control over something or someone. 負責

Who's in charge here?

這裡誰負責？

15. PHRASE If something is free of charge, it does not cost anything. 免費

The leaflet is available free of charge from post offices. 小冊子可免費曏郵侷索取。