imposition

英 [ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn]

n.  (新法律或规则等的)颁布，实施; (新税的)征收; 不公平(或不合理)的要求

复数：impositions　

TEM8经济

BNC.7215 / COCA.11155

牛津词典

noun

• （新法律或规则等的）颁布，实施；（新税的）征收
  the act of introducing sth such as a new law or rule, or a new tax
  1. the imposition of martial law
     戒严令的实施
  2. the imposition of tax on domestic fuel
     家用燃料税的征收
• 不公平（或不合理）的要求
  an unfair or unreasonable thing that sb expects or asks you to do
  1. I'd like to stay if it's not too much of an imposition.
     如果不会给您增添太多麻烦，我倒愿意留下。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 强制实行;强加
  If youimposesomethingonpeople, you use your authority to force them to accept it.
  1. Britain imposed fines on airlines which bring in passengers without proper papers...
     英国会对运载证件不齐全的乘客进入国内的航空公司课以罚款。
  2. Many companies have imposed a pay freeze...
     许多公司已经强制冻结了工资。
  3. The conditions imposed on volunteers were stringent.
     对志愿者的限定条件非常严格。
• VERB 把(看法、信仰)强加(于…)
  If youimposeyour opinions or beliefsonother people, you try and make people accept them as a rule or as a model to copy.
  1. Parents of either sex should beware of imposing their own tastes on their children.
     父母双方都应切记不要把自己的喜好强加给孩子。
• VERB 使遭受，使承受(压力、痛苦等)
  If somethingimposesstrain, pressure, or sufferingonsomeone, it causes them to experience it.
  1. The filming imposed an additional strain on her.
     拍摄任务使她承受了格外大的压力。
  2. ...the pressures imposed upon teachers by ceaseless curriculum reforms.
     无休止的课程改革使教师承受的压力
• VERB 把…硬加给;把…强塞给;勉强(某人)做事
  If someoneimposes onyou, they unreasonably expect you to do something for them which you do not want to do.
  1. I was afraid you'd simply feel we were imposing on you...
     我担心你会觉得我们是在勉强你。
  2. 'Mum thinks I should stop imposing on your hospitality, Leo,' said Grace.
     “利奥,我妈妈觉得我不应该再在这儿麻烦你了，”格雷丝说。
• VERB 使打扰;使硬缠
  If someoneimposes themselves onyou, they force you to accept their company although you may not want to.
  1. I didn't want to impose myself on my married friends.
     我不想打扰自己已婚的朋友。

英英释义

noun

• the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
  Synonym:infliction
• an uncalled-for burden
  1. he listened but resented the imposition

双语例句

• The imposition of heavy emergency custom duties have render our position exceedingly difficult.
  由于海关征收繁重的紧急关税，使得我们处于极其困难的境地。
• Would it be too much of an imposition to ask you to pick my parents up from the airport?
  请您去机场接我的父母是不是太强人所难了？
• The imposition of order or discipline.
  命令或纪律的强迫接受。
• The imposition of formal economic sanctions or visa bans on members of the Russian elite would heighten the pain.
  实施正式经济制裁或者对俄罗斯部分精英人士禁发签证将加深俄罗斯的痛苦。
• Really the atmosphere of a variorum scholarly edition is an atmosphere of take your choice, not a kind of tyrannical imposition on the public of a particular version of the text.
  这种集注的学术版本真的给读者一种自己选择的氛围，而不是独断地强加给读者，某种特定的版本。
• They are demanding the imposition of a prohibition on rent increases.
  他们正在要求对提租下一道禁令。
• The sixteenth Amendment, which permits imposition of a federal income tax without appointment among the states.
  第十六次修正案允许在各州之间不按照比例分配征收联邦所得税。
• The imposition of sanctions – and the threat of more – has provided necessary leverage.
  施加制裁以及加大制裁的威胁提供了必要的影响力。
• Anti-dumping: Imposition of customs duties to prevent selling at an unfairly low price.
  反倾销：海关职责中为防止不正当低价格销售而采取的征税措施。
• Everyone grumbled at the imposition of new taxes.
  对征收新加的赋税人人都抱怨。