Impose



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• v. 征税; 强加
• ［英］ v. 征税 ( to place a burden, tax by authority)
• ［记］ im ( 进入) +pose ( 放) -> 放进去 -> 强加
• ［同］ 同根词: dispose ( 布置, 处理)
• ［例］ A new tax has been imposed on wine.

Webster Collegiate

verb (imposed; imposing)

• Etymology: Middle French imposer, from Latin imponere, literally, to put upon (perfect indicative imposui), from in- + ponere to put — more at position
• Date: 1581
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to establish or apply by authority <impose a tax><impose new restrictions><impose penalties>
    • b. to establish or bring about as if by force <those limits imposed by our own inadequacies — C. H. Plimpton>
  • 2.
    • a. place, set
    • b. to arrange (as pages) in the proper order for printing
  • 3. pass off <impose fake antiques on the public>
  • 4. to force into the company or on the attention of another <impose oneself on others>
• intransitive verb
  • to take unwarranted advantage of something <imposed on his good nature>
• ? imposer noun

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