airfare

airfare — 名詞

1. the amount of money a passenger pays an airline for a seat on a flight, usually

1.名詞B1
釋義

機票錢

搭飛機所支付的票價

the amount of money a passenger pays an airline for a seat on a flight, usually quoted as one-way or round-trip.

例句

The airfare to Tokyo doubled during the Lunar New Year holiday.

農曆春節期間，飛東京的機票費用漲了一倍。

airfare to + [destination]

Kofi found a cheap airfare from Taipei to Bangkok on a budget airline.

Kofi 在一家廉價航空找到台北飛曼谷的便宜機票。

collocation: cheap airfare; airfare from + [origin]

同義詞
  • plane fare

    everyday equivalent, slightly more informal

  • ticket price

    broader; works for any kind of ticket, not only flights

  • flight cost

    general spending on a flight, may include taxes and fees beyond the base fare

文法句型

airfare to + [destination]

airfare from + [origin]

用法筆記

Often quoted with a destination using 'to' (airfare to Paris) or with a return type (round-trip airfare, one-way airfare). Both countable and uncountable: 'the airfare is high' or 'airfares have risen'.

常見錯誤

❌I bought an airfare to Osaka.
✅I bought a plane ticket to Osaka.
💡you buy a ticket; the airfare is the price you pay for it.
❌The airfare price was too high.
✅The airfare was too high.
💡'airfare' already means the price, so 'airfare price' is redundant.