fare

noun

/feə(r)/

/fer/

[countable, uncountable] the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.车费；飞机票价；船费
- bus/taxi fares公共汽车费；出租汽车费
- train/rail fares火车票价
- Children travel (at) half fare.儿童交通费减半。
- When do they start paying full fare?他们什么时候开始买全票？
see also airfare
Synonyms rate
ratecharge ▪ fee ▪ rent ▪ fine ▪ fare ▪ toll ▪ rentalThese are all words for an amount of money that is charged or paid for something.
rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something:
a low hourly rate of pay按小时支付的低报酬
interest rates利率
charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:
an admission charge入场费
fee (rather formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization:
legal fees律师费
an annual membership fee 年度会费
rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a building or room. In American English, rent can be used to mean rental: The weekly rent on the car was over $300. fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule:
a parking fine违规停车罚款
fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge.rental an amount of money that you have to pay to use something for a particular period of time.
rent or rental?In British English rent is only money paid to use a building or room: for other items use rental. In American English rent can be used for both, but rental is still more common for other items.Patterns
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental for something
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll/rental on something
- at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare/rental of…
- for a charge/fee
- to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental
- to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll/rental
Extra Examples
- He faces charges of dodging taxi fares.他面临着逃交出租车费的指控。
- I'm afraid you will have to pay the full fare.恐怕你得买全票。
- Last-minute fares start at $219 each way.临出发前的最低票价是单程 219 美元。
- Round-trip fares range from $118 to $258.往返票价从 118 美元到 258 美元不等。
- The airline has introduced a cheap fare to New York.这家航空公司推出飞往纽约的一种廉价机票。
- The company is promising reductions in fares.这家公司承诺降低票价。
- The fare will cost you less if you travel midweek.如果你在每周的中间几天出行，票价会便宜些。
- The return fare will cost you less than two single tickets.一张往返票比两张单程票便宜。
- They caught him trying to dodge bus fares.他坐公共汽车时逃票被他们抓住。
- a simplified fare structure简化的车船费结构
- a special fare deal for air travellers给飞机旅客的票价优惠
- air fares slashed by a massive 30%降幅达三成的机票
- Cheap fares mean using your car is unnecessary.便宜的票价意味着无需使用您的汽车。
- Do you want the standard fare or the first-class fare?您想要标准票价还是头等舱票价？
- Fare dodgers will be dealt with severely.逃票者将受到严厉处理。
- Fares can be expensive in the city.城市里的票价可能会很贵。
- Fares have been increased by 10%.票价已经上调了10%。
- How much is the return/single fare?往返／单程票价是多少？
- I spend about £40 a week on fares.我每周在车费上花费约 40 英镑。
- Pay your fare at the ticket office.在售票处支付车费。
- Round-trip fare from New York to Cincinnati is $229.从纽约到辛辛那提的往返车费是229美元。
- The new mayor has promised to reduce fares on all buses and trains.新市长承诺降低所有公共汽车和火车的票价。
- one-way fare单程票价
Topics Transport by bus and trainb2, Transport by airb2, Moneyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- expensive
- high
- cheap
- …
verb + fare
- pay
- charge
- increase
- …
fare + verb
- cost (somebody) something
- start at something
- start from something
- …
fare + noun
- hike
- increase
- rise
- …
preposition
- at…fare
phrases
- an increase in fares
- a rise in fares
- a reduction in fares
- …
[countable] a passenger in a taxi出租车乘客
- The taxi driver picked up a fare at the station.出租车司机在车站接了一名乘客。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + fare
- pick up
(also fayre)
[uncountable] a range of food of a particular type饭菜；食物
- The restaurant provides good traditional fare.这家餐厅提供传统风味佳馔。
see also bill of fare
Extra Examples
- tourists seeing the sights and sampling the local Mexican fare观光并品尝墨西哥地方饮食的游客
- a restaurant serving traditional Scottish fare一家提供苏格兰传统风味饮食的餐馆
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- gourmet
- rich
- plain
- …
verb + fare
- offer
- serve
- sample
- …
[uncountable] something that is offered to the public, especially as a form of entertainment（尤指娱乐用的）产品，出品
- This movie is perfect family fare.这部电影是完美的家庭片。
Extra Examples
- The band's music was standard rock fare.这支乐队的音乐是标准的摇滚风格。
- His student drawings were not standard art school fare.他的学生画并不是艺术学校的标准画作。
- Court trials involving famous people are the daily fare of newspapers.涉及名人的法庭审理是报纸的日常素材。

Word OriginOld English fær, faru ‘travelling, a journey or expedition’, faran ‘to travel’, also ‘get on (well or badly’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch varen and German fahren ‘to travel’, Old Norse ferja ‘ferry boat’, also to ford. Senses 1 and 2 of the noun stem from an earlier meaning ‘a journey for which a price is paid’. Noun sense 3 was originally used with reference to the quality or quantity of food provided, probably from the idea of faring well or badly.

fare

verb

/feə(r)/

/fer/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they fare	/feə(r)/ /fer/
he / she / it fares	/feəz/ /ferz/
past simple fared	/feəd/ /ferd/
past participle fared	/feəd/ /ferd/
-ing form faring	/ˈfeərɪŋ/ /ˈferɪŋ/

fare well, badly, better, etc. to be successful/unsuccessful in a particular situation成功（或不成功、更好等） synonym get on
- The party fared very badly in the last election.该党上次竞选情况很糟。
- The North, by and large, has fared better than most regions in avoiding high unemployment figures.总的说来，北部地区在避免出现高失业率方面比大多数地区都好些。
Extra Examples
- He fared well against his main rival.他跟自己的主要对手对阵时发挥得很好。
- She should fare better in this competition.她在这次比赛中应当发挥得更好。
- This movie fared poorly at the British box office.这部影片在英国的票房销售很差。
Topics Successc2, Difficulty and failurec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- badly
- poorly
- well
- …
Word OriginOld English fær, faru ‘travelling, a journey or expedition’, faran ‘to travel’, also ‘get on (well or badly’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch varen and German fahren ‘to travel’, Old Norse ferja ‘ferry boat’, also to ford. Senses 1 and 2 of the noun stem from an earlier meaning ‘a journey for which a price is paid’. Noun sense 3 was originally used with reference to the quality or quantity of food provided, probably from the idea of faring well or badly.