imposition
noun /ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/
/ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/
- [uncountable] the act of introducing something such as a new law or rule, or a new tax
(新法律或规则等的)颁布,实施;(新税的)征收 - the imposition of martial law
戒严令的实施 - the imposition of tax on domestic fuel
家用燃料税的征收 - the unilateral imposition of import quotas
单边强行设定的进口配额
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- unilateral
- unwanted
- justify
- oppose
- resist
- …
- imposition on
- the imposition of martial law
- [countable] an unfair or unreasonable thing that somebody expects or asks you to do
不公平(或不合理)的要求 - 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。 - She felt the journey to be an unwelcome imposition on her time.
她觉得行程占用了她的时间,心中颇为不快。
- I'd like to stay if it's not too much of an imposition.
词源late Middle English: from Latin impositio(n-), from the verb imponere ‘inflict, deceive’ (from in- ‘in, upon’ + ponere ‘put’), but influenced by impositus ‘inflicted’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.