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

• 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？
• 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。
• The imposition of order or discipline.
  命令或纪律的强迫接受。
• 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。
• It's an imposition to ask the workers to work sixteen hours a day.
  要求工人每天工作十六个小时，真是太过份了。
• Imposition is in charge of pay by you.
  税款由你公司负责缴纳。
• Everyone grumbled at the imposition of new taxes.
  对征收新加的赋税人人都抱怨。
• Would it be an imposition to ask you to mail this parcel?
  请你邮寄这个小包裹算是利用你吗？
• The imposition of taxes on international financial flows has symbolic significance for emerging market investors.
  对投资于新兴市场的人士而言，对国际资本流入征税具有重大的象征意义。
• The rules of the game are an arbitrary imposition of difficulty.
  游戏中的种种规则，便是将困难武断地强加于人。