Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #675
charge
收费；记账
to require someone to pay a particular amount for something, or to record the cost of something on an account
charge sb (for sth) 为收费；charge sth to sb 为把费用记在某人账上
- 1.
To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
分派职责或责任；命令。
- 2.
To assign (a debit) to an account.
将(借项)记入账户。
- 3.
To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
要求支付(商品、服务等的价格或费用)。
- 4.
To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
正式指控(某人)犯罪。
- 5.
To mortgage (a property).
抵押(房产)。
- 6.
To impute or ascribe.
归咎或归于。
- 7.
To call to account; to challenge.
要求解释；质疑。
- 8.
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
将负担、载荷或责任置于...上或中。
- 9.
To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
给设备装填所需材料,如火药装枪、水装消防水管、原料装化学反应器。
- 10.
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
快速有力地前进,尤指战斗中和/或骑马时。
- 11.
To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
趴下不动(猎人给狗的命令)。
指控，控告；冲锋，猛冲；指派；责令；使充满；使承担；装填；加注
In use
The repair shop charged me $200 for fixing my laptop.
The police charged him with theft.
I need to charge my phone before the trip.
Verb forms
base charge · third person charges · -ing charging · past charged · past participle charged
规则动词：charge的过去式和过去分词均为charged，现在分词为charging，第三人称单数为charges。
Connections
Collocations
- charge a fee
- 收取费用
- The bank charges a fee for each transfer.银行对每次转账收取费用。
- charge interest
- 收取利息
- The credit card company charges high interest on late payments.信用卡公司对逾期付款收取高额利息。
- charge someone with murder
- 指控某人谋杀
- Police charged her with murder.警方指控她谋杀。
- charge a battery
- 给电池充电
- You need to charge your phone battery overnight.你需要给手机电池充一夜电。
- charge an account
- 记入账户
- The store charged the purchase to my account.商店把这次购物记入了我的账户。
- charge admission
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：给手机 charge 是“充电”；把费用记到账上、把罪名安到人头上、向敌冲锋，都像在“充入”某物。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：payment/billing、legal accusation、military/sports attack charge 作动词时含义较多，语域随义项变化：表示‘收费/记账’通常中性，商业和个人场景都常用；表示‘指控’多用于法律等正式场合；表示‘冲锋/猛冲’常见于军事或体育描写。没有固定的单一语域，需根据搭配判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with charge: large and barge (same stressed vowel and following consonant sound). Lookalikes that sound different: change, orange, challenge. Do not judge by the -arge/-ange spelling.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.