| 词汇 | congestion-charge |
| 释义 | congestion charge noun[ Cusually singular ] UKuk /kənˈdʒes.tʃən ˌtʃɑːdʒ/ us /kənˈdʒes.tʃən ˌtʃɑːrdʒ/ an amount of money that you have to pay each day to drive into a city centre, charged in order to reduce traffic拥堵费（开车进入市中心需要支付的费用，征收该项费用的目的是减少车流量。） Paying money 2FA 2SV ante up (something) burn a hole in someone's pocketidiom buying power cost-cutting fund non-contributory overpaid put someone through something put something towards something reimburse run to something self-finance set someone back (something) spend spent splurge sponsor tipper Computers check if the drivers paid the congestion charge. One answer is a congestion charge – money that you pay to drive in a city. Examples of congestion chargecongestion charge A congestioncharge on those might be deemed worthwhile, but if such a charge were levied no one would get to work at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are other ways by which we could have raised money before imposing the congestioncharge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anecdotally, things improved a little for me when the congestioncharge was introduced, but they seem to have worsened again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, any congestioncharge on them is nothing more than a tax on business in the area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not like paying the congestioncharge either, but is not that taking it a bit far? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The congestioncharge was designed to be a revenue-raising exercise, and that was part of the debate that preceded its introduction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has clearly improved within the congestioncharge zone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been talk of widening the net to catch those people, because not enough people are going into the congestioncharge zone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The high-flying rhetoric of opposition to the congestioncharge proved to be nothing but deceit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What are our plans for the increased number of people who travel on public transport following the introduction of the congestioncharge? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem, which is starting to cause serious difficulties, lies in the imposition of a congestioncharge. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If the motorist is moving, tax him, and get him through the congestioncharge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The issues of pollution can be tackled without the introduction of a congestioncharge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not clear how far the retail industry has been hit by the congestioncharge—it depends on which survey one reads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The maximum possible revenue from fares and the congestioncharge cannot plug more than a small part of the gap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of congestion charge These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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