| 单词 | overcharge |
| 释义 | overcharge (once / 5425 pages) 1vn 2v If a shopkeeper overcharges you, they ask you to pay too much for something. To overcharge isn't very honest, but it's not usually illegal either. Sometimes it's obvious that someone is trying to overcharge you: if the taxi driver announces that you owe her a hundred dollars after driving a route that usually costs about twenty, you can call that a blatant overcharge. In other cases, you may not realize until much later. It's not uncommon for salespeople to overcharge tourists, for example, making them pay too much money because they don't know any better. WORD FAMILYovercharge: overcharged, overcharges, overcharging+/charge: chargeable, charged, charger, charges, charging, countercharge, discharge, overcharge, recharge, supercharge, undercharge/chargeable: chargeably/charged: uncharged/charger: chargers/countercharge: countercharges/discharge: discharged, discharges, discharging/discharged: undischarged/recharge: rechargeable, recharged, recharges, recharging/supercharge: supercharged, supercharger, supercharges, supercharging/supercharger: superchargers/undercharge: undercharged, undercharges, undercharging USAGE EXAMPLESIn 2007, the naval inspector general in Washington forwarded a document asserting that the defense contractor was grossly overcharging the Navy to provide port security. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) There are different forms of corruption: non-existent “ghost workers” on the government payroll, overcharging on government contracts, diverting money from government accounts. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) Cate also said he thinks breweries are overcharged for sewer hook-up fees, which the city uses to expand its capacity for sewage treatment. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1v rip off; ask an unreasonable price Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fleece, gazump, hook, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge undercharge charge (someone) too little money extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring obtain by coercion or intimidation bleedget or extort (money or other possessions) from someone cheat, chisel, rip off deprive somebody of something by deceit 2n a price that is too high 2Hypo|Hyper extortion an exorbitant charge charge the price charged for some article or service v place too much a load on Syn|Hyper overload, surcharge lade, laden, load, load up fill or place a load on |
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