charge,cost,price,fee,fare及expense等都是使用频率很高的词,其中除了fee,fare和expense属于大学英语四级词外,其余均属中学阶段常用词。在Collins COBUILD语料库中,charge,cost和price属五星级词,使用频率最高;fee为四星级词;fare和expense星级低些(三星级词),但其使用频率也是算较高的。我国学生虽然也经常使用到这些词,但用法上相互混淆误用的情况却长期居高不下。请看以下实例: Charge, cost, price, fee, fare, and expense are all frequently used words. Among them, except that fee, fare, and expense belong to the college English quasi-level vocabulary, the rest are commonly used in the middle school. In the Collins COBUILD corpus, charge, cost, and price are five-star words and are used most frequently; fee is a four-star word; fare and expense stars are lower (three-star words), but their frequency of use is also higher. of. Although these words are often used by students in our country, the use of mutual confusion and misuse has long been stubbornly high. Please see the following example: