excise1
noun /ˈeksaɪz/
/ˈeksaɪz/
[uncountable]- a government tax on some goods made, sold or used within a country
国内货物税；消费税 - new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks
低酒精饮料新的消费税 - a sharp increase in vehicle excise
机动车消费税的剧增 - an excise officer (= an official whose job is to collect excise)
国内消费税务官
- the excise levied on beer and tobacco
啤酒烟草消费税 - to increase the excise on whisky
增加威士忌消费税
Collocations Dictionaryverb + excise- impose
- levy
- increase
- …
- duty
- tax
- licence
- …
- excise on
词源late 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘a tax or toll’): from Middle Dutch excijs, accijs, perhaps based on Latin accensare ‘to tax’, from ad- ‘to’ + census ‘tax’ (see census). - new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks