[] an amount of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule 罚款；罚金◆a parking fine 违规停车罚款◆Offenders will be liable to a heavy fine (= one that costs a lot of money). 违者须支付高额罚款。◆The firm has been ordered to pay a fine of $7.5 million for misleading customers. 公司因误导客户已被责令支付 750 万元的罚款。⨁to impose / levy a fine 处以／徵收罚金⨁to avoid / be liable to / face / pay a fine 避免／被处以／面临／支付罚款⨁a heavy / hefty / large / an unlimited fine 巨额／大笔／高额／无限制罚款