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/fiː/
A set amount charged for professional work, or for the right to do something.
費用
複數 fees
核心畫面
Picture the amount printed on the form: this is what it costs to , to enter, to have the lawyer look at your case. A fee is a set charge for a service or a right — not the price of a thing you take home.
可以想成：表格上印著的那個金額——報名要付這麼多、入場要付這麼多、請律師看一次案子要付這麼多。fee 是「取得某種服…更多收起
可以想成：表格上印著的那個金額——報名要付這麼多、入場要付這麼多、請律師看一次案子要付這麼多。fee 是「取得某種服務或資格」的固定收費，不是買一件東西帶回家的價錢（那是 price）。這個區別是台灣學習者最常需要留意的地方。原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Feename
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A surname.
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A diminutive of the female given name Fiona.
- Then turning to Fiona, she said, “Fee, I'll only be a minute. […]
feenoun/fiː/
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An amount charged for a privilege.
- late fee
- license fee
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An amount charged for professional services.
- legal fees
- consulting fees
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An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.
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lawAn inheritable estate in land, whether absolute and without limitation to potential heirs (fee simple) or with limitations to particular kinds of heirs (fee tail).
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historicallawA right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service.
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historicallawSynonym of fief: the land so held.
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historicallawAn inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services, typically military service.
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obsoleteSynonym of possession.
- Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee; And was the safeguard of the west: the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty.
- What doth the poor man's son inherit? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit; King of two hands, he does his part In every useful toil and art; A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteMoney paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
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obsoleteA prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
- For though sweet love to conquer glorious bee, / Yet is the paine thereof much greater than the fee.
feeverb/fiː/
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To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
- In vain for Hellebore the patient cries / And fees the doctor; but too late is wise
- There's not a one of them but in his house I keep a servant feed.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。