英汉词典

fee 基本解释

• n. 费用；酬金；小费
• vt. 付费给……
• n. (Fee)人名；(英、柬)菲

fee 词态变化

fee 中文词源

来自PIE*peku, 牛，词源同pecuniary.引申词义财富，金钱等。该词由于复杂的历史原因词义固定为费用。比较chattel, capital, 词源同cattle.

fee 英文词源

fee

fee: [14] Fee is a word bequeathed to modern English by the feudal system (and indeed it is closely related etymologically to feudal). It came via Anglo-Norman fee from medieval Latin feodum or feudum (source also of feudal [17]). This denoted ‘land or other property whose use was granted as a reward for service’, a meaning which persists in its essentials in modern English ‘payment for work done’.

The secondary signification of fee, ‘feudal estate’, is no longer a live sense, but it is represented in the related fief [17], a descendant of feodum, which English acquired through French rather than Anglo-Norman. The ultimate derivation of the medieval Latin term itself is not altogether clear, although it is usually assigned to an unrecorded Frankish *fehuōd, literally ‘cattle-property’ (*fehu has related forms in Old English féoh ‘cattle, property’ and Old Norse fé ‘cattle, money’ – joint sources of the first syllable of English fellow – and in modern German viehe ‘cattle’; they all go back ultimately to Indo- European *peku-, ancestor of a wide range of words meaning ‘cattle’ which, since in former times cattle were symbolic of wealth, in many cases came to signify ‘property’ too).
=> fellow, feudal, fief

fee (n.)

Middle English, representing the merger or mutual influence of two words, one from Old English, one from an Old French form of the same Germanic word, and both ultimately from a PIE root meaning "cattle."

The Old English word is feoh "livestock, cattle; movable property; possessions in livestock, goods, or money; riches, treasure, wealth; money as a medium of exchange or payment," from Proto-Germanic *fehu- (cognates: Old Saxon fehu, Old High German fihu, German Vieh "cattle," Gothic faihu "money, fortune"). This is from PIE *peku- "cattle" (cognates: Sanskrit pasu, Lithuanian pekus "cattle;" Latin pecu "cattle," pecunia "money, property").

The other word is Anglo-French fee, from Old French fieu, a variant of fief "possession, holding, domain; feudal duties, payment" (see fief), which apparently is a Germanic compound in which the first element is cognate with Old English feoh.

Via Anglo-French come the legal senses "estate in land or tenements held on condition of feudal homage; land, property, possession" (c. 1300). Hence fee-simple (late 14c.) "absolute ownership," as opposed to fee-tail (early 15c.) "entailed ownership," inheritance limited to some particular class of heirs (second element from Old French taillir "to cut, to limit").

The feudal sense was extended from landholdings to inheritable offices of service to a feudal lord (late 14c.; in Anglo-French late 13c.), for example forester of fe "a forester by heritable right." As these often were offices of profit, the word came to be used for "remuneration for service in office" (late 14c.), hence, "payment for (any kind of) work or services" (late 14c.). From late 14c. as "a sum paid for a privilege" (originally admission to a guild); early 15c. as "money payment or charge exacted for a license, etc."

fee 词组搭配

fee 英文释义

1. a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services

2. an interest in land capable of being inherited

fee 同义词解析

charge, price, fee, fare, cost, expense

这些名词均有"价格，费用"之意。

charge： 指提供服务时索取的费用，也指货物的价格、价钱。

price： 指商品在市场出售的价格，尤指卖方对商品所提出的单价。比喻意义指付出的代价。

fee： 指上学、求医以及找律师等付的费用，还可指会费、借书费等。

fare： 侧重指旅行时所付的车、船费等费用。

cost： 指生产某东西的成本，也泛指商品的价格，可与price换用。

expense： 常指实际支付的费用总数额，有时也指钱的花费。

earnings, allowance, income, salary, wage, pay, fee

这些名词都可表示"工资，收入"之意。

earnings： 多指通过劳动或投资等手段所得到的收入。

allowance： 指收入中的补贴部分。

income与earnings含义很相近，但前者强调总收入。

salary： 指按年定下，按月或星期平均给予的报酬，指脑力劳动者的薪水。

wage： 多用复数形式，指按小时、日或星期的报酬，通常指体力劳动者的工资。

pay： 是个通用词，可取代salary与wage.

fee： 指提供某种服务收取的固定费用。

fee 双语例句

1. He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.

他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。

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2. He responded positively and accepted the fee of £1,000 I had offered.

他作出了肯定的答复，并接受了我给的1，000英镑的费用。

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3. Sometimes there's a flat fee for carrying out a particular task.

有时执行某项特定的任务有固定的价码。

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4. A higher fee does not necessarily mean a better course.

收费更高并不意味着课程就一定更好。

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5. He threatens to dock her fee.

他威胁要扣掉她的服务费。

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fee 实用场景例句

legal fees

律师费

牛津词典

Does the bank charge a fee for setting up the account?

在这家银行开立账户要收费吗？

牛津词典

fee-paying schools (= that you have to pay to go to)

收费学校

牛津词典

membership fees

会费

牛津词典

There is no entrance fee to the gallery.

这个美术陈列馆不收门票。

牛津词典

He hadn't paid his television licence fee.

他尚未缴纳电视机使用许可费。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Find out how much your surveyor's and solicitor's fees will be.

弄清你要向鉴定员和律师支付多少费用。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It comes to 750 yuan including the service fee.

包括手续费在内总共是750元.

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The fee his lawyer charged for drawing up the deed was enough in all conscience.

他的律师为起草契约所收的费用确实足够了.

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Is this money enough for the tuition fee?

这些钱交学费够 吗 ?

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The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.

舞厅老板给他们免费.

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Their furniture will stay in the warehouse until they have paid the storage fee.

他们要等交了保管费之后才能把家具搬出货栈.

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There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service.

有时候我们心甘情愿地付出自己的一切财物以保全自己的生命, 但是外科医生正是为我们提供这种服务,我们却不肯多给他些医疗费.

《用法词典》

An initial fee is payable to the franchiser.

应该付给经销商一笔先期费用.

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Three considerations argue against increasing fee.

三种理由反对增加费用.

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The full fee is payable on enrollment.

所有费用在注冊时缴付.

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The lawyer undertook the case without a fee.

这律师免费承办那个案件.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The doctor's fee is ＄ 25 a visit.

这位医生一次出诊费是25英镑.

《用法词典》

a capitation fee for each pupil

摊派到每个小学生头上的收费

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Does the bank charge a fee for setting up the account?

在这家银行开立账户要收费吗？

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

He charged a relatively modest fee.

他收取的费用不算高。

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Customers who overdraw their accounts will be charged a fee.

透支的存户须付手续费。

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He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.

他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。

柯林斯例句

The woman at the ticket window told me that the admission fee was $17.50.

售票窗口那个女的告诉我入场费是17.50美元。

柯林斯例句

In many cases, the fee structure alone will exceed the tax benefits accrued.

很多情况下，单是费用结构一项就会超过累积的税惠。

柯林斯例句

He threatens to dock her fee.

他威胁要扣掉她的服务费。

柯林斯例句

You can expect to pay the bank a fee of around 1% to 2% every time you change money.

每次到银行换币都会要求付1%到2%的手续费。

柯林斯例句

He responded positively and accepted the fee of £1,000 I had offered.

他作出了肯定的答复，并接受了我给的1，000英镑的费用。

柯林斯例句

Sellers pay a fixed commission fee.

卖方支付固定的服务费。

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