巧妙表达费用(2)
八、rent (n. ) 土地、建筑物、房舍、机器等定期的租费。如:
1、The company has to pay a heavy rent for the land if it is located the shopping center of the town.
如果该公司位于城镇的商业区,就得缴付昂贵的土地租金。
2、The student owed three months’rent for my house.
那学生欠我三个月的房租。
九、tip (n.) 通常指对一次性劳务所付的小费。如:
1、I gave my barber a fat tip. 我给理发师优厚的小费。
2、They gave tips to porters, taxi-drivers, bellboys, waiters, and so on. There wasn't a day when they didn't tip some one.
他们对搬运工、出租汽车司机、旅馆侍者、服务员等等都给小费。没有一天他们不付给人小费的。
十、toll (n.) 道路、桥梁、港口、市场的捐税、通行费及电话费等。如:
1、Drivers had to pay a toll to pass the bridge.
司机过桥必须得交付过桥费。
2、This month I had to pay 200 yuan RMB toll call.
这个月我要缴200元的电话费。
3、The local government levied all kinds of tolls on every dealer.当地政府向每个小贩征收各种捐税。
十一、tuition (n.) 指学生上大学或私立学校所交纳的学费。如:
1、The university raised tuition by 4% last year.
去年这所大学的学费上涨了4%。
2、John took out a loan to pay his tuition.
约翰贷款交付学费。
3、He began to study accounting at night sessions of the City University of New York, earning his tuition during the daytime.
他开始晚间在纽约城市大学学习会计,白天做工赚学费。