overcharge
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.n]
~ (sb) (for sth) charge (sb) too high a price (for sth) (為某事物)(向某人)索價(jià)或索費(fèi)過(guò)高
That grocer never overcharges. 那雜貨商從不多要價(jià).
We were overcharged for the eggs. 我們的雞蛋買(mǎi)貴了.
They overcharged me (by) 1 for the shopping. 我買(mǎi)東西他們多要了我1英鎊. Cf 參看 undercharge.
2 fill or load (sth) too full or too heavily 將(某物)裝得過(guò)滿或過(guò)重
overcharge an electric circuit 使電路超負(fù)荷
(fig 比喻) a poem overcharged with emotion 感情過(guò)於豐富的詩(shī).