surcharge
n
1 ~ (on sth) payment that is demanded in addition to the usual charge 增付的费用; 增收费; 附加费
a 10% surcharge on the price of a holiday 在度假费用之外增收的10%附加费.
2 mark printed over a postage stamp, changing its value (加盖在邮票上的)改值印记.
surcharge v [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.n]
~ sb (on sth) demand a surcharge from sb 向某人索取额外费用
They've surcharged us 10% on the price of the holiday because of a rise in air fares. 因飞机票涨价, 他们在度假费用中向我们增收了10%附加费.
If one law is changed, then people will later want to change other laws.
要是变更了一条法律,那么人们还会要变更别的法律的。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.