- demand (an amount) as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied要（价）, 收（费）, 要（人）支付（钱）：
the restaurant charged £15 for dinner
在那家饭店吃晚餐要15英镑
with two objs. he charged me 20,000 lire for the postcard他要我付20,000里拉买那明信片
no obj. museums should charge for admission.博物馆应该收入场费。
charge something to
record the cost of something as an amount payable by (someone) or on (an account)把（费用）记在（某人或某账户）账上：they charge the calls to their credit-card accounts.
他们把电话费记在信用卡账上。
- formally accuse (someone) of something, especially an offence under law指责（某人）; 控告（某人）：
they were charged with assault.
他们被控犯攻击罪。
- with clause make an accusation or assertion that控诉说; 断言说：
opponents charged that below-cost pricing would reduce safety.
反对者指责说低于成本的定价会降低安全度。
- Law formally accuse someone of (an offence)【律】以（一罪行）控告（某人）。
- entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility使承担（职责或责任）：
the committee was charged with reshaping the educational system.
委员会受任重塑教育体制。
- store electrical energy in (a battery or battery-operated device)给（电池, 电池装置）充电：
the shaver can be charged up and used while travelling.
剃须刀能充电, 在旅行时使用。
- no obj.(of a battery or battery-operated device) receive and store electrical energy（电池, 电池装置）充电, 蓄电。
- technical or formal load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent〈技, 正式〉把（容器、枪等）装满, 填满：
will you see to it that your glasses are charged?
你负责保证你们的玻璃杯总是满的, 好吗？
- （一般作be charged with）figurative fill or pervade (something) with a quality or emotion〈喻〉使（某物）充满（或遍布）（某种特质或情绪）：
the air was charged with menace.
气氛中威胁味儿很浓。
- no obj. rush forward in attack冲锋：
the plan is to charge headlong at the enemy.
计划是向敌人猛烈冲锋。
- with obj. rush aggressively towards (someone or something) in attack（攻击中）猛冲向（某人或某物）。
- with adverbial of direction move quickly and with impetus冲：
Henry charged up the staircase.
亨利冲上楼梯。
- （一般作be charged with）Heraldry place a heraldic bearing on【纹章】饰纹章于：
a pennant argent, charged with a cross gules.
饰有红十字的银白色三角旗。
- a price asked for goods or services要价, 费用：
an admission charge.
入场费。
- a financial liability or commitment债款; 承诺款; 承付款项：
an asset of some £102.7 m should have been taken as a charge on earnings.
收益中有约1亿零270万英镑资产应取出作为应付债款。
- an accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial指责; 指控; 控告：
he appeared in court on a charge of attempted murder
他被指控蓄意谋杀而出庭受审
mass noun three people were arrested but released without charge.有三人被捕, 但都被免诉释放。
- mass noun the responsibility of taking care or control of someone or something照管; 主管, 掌管：
the people in her charge are pupils and not experimental subjects.
她照管的是学生而非实验对象。
- count noun a person or thing entrusted to the care of someone受照管人; 被托管物：
the babysitter watched over her charges.
保姆看守着她照管的小孩们。
- count noun dated a responsibility or onerous duty assigned to someone〈旧〉责任; 法定职责。
- count noun an official instruction, especially one given by a judge to a jury regarding points of law（尤指法官给陪审团的）训令, 指令, 嘱咐。
- the property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form（正负）电荷。
- the quantity of this carried by a body电量。
- mass noun energy stored chemically for conversion into electricity可转化为电的化学储能。
- an act or period of storing electrical energy in a battery（电池）充电; 充电时间。
- in sing. N. Amer. informal a thrill〈北美, 非正式〉快感, 刺激：
I get a real charge out of working hard.
我从卖力地工作中得到真正的快感。
- a quantity of explosive to be detonated, typically in order to fire a gun or similar weapon（尤指枪等武器射击时的）炸药量。
- a headlong rush forward, typically one made by attacking soldiers in battle（尤指士兵打仗进攻时）冲锋：
a cavalry charge.
骑兵冲锋。
- the signal or call for such a rush冲锋号：
he yelled to his bugler to sound the charge.
他大叫着命令号手吹响冲锋号。
- Heraldry a device or bearing placed on a shield or crest【纹章】（盾牌或头盔上的）纹章; 纹饰。
free of charge
- without any payment due免费。
in charge
- in control or with overall responsibility掌管; 负全责：
he was in charge of civil aviation matters.
他掌管民航事务。
lay something to someone's charge
- Brit. archaic accuse someone of something〈英, 古〉指责某人做过某事。
press（或prefer）charges
- accuse someone formally of a crime so that they can be brought to trial正式控告（某人的）罪行。
put someone on a charge of something
- Brit. charge someone with a specified offence.〈英〉 指控某人因…犯法。
return to the charge
- archaic make a further attempt at something, especially when arguing a point〈古〉（尤指争论中）再次尝试。
take charge
- assume control or responsibility掌控; 负责：
the candidate must take charge of an actual flight.
候选者必须负责一次实际的飞行。
chargeable
adjectivechargee noun