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impose

/im-pohz/US // ɪmˈpoʊz //UK // (ɪmˈpəʊz) //

强加,强加于人,施加,强加于人的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    im·posed, im·pos·ing.

    • : to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
    • : to put or set by or as if by authority: to impose one's personal preference on others.
    • : to obtrude or thrust upon others.
    • : to pass or palm off fraudulently or deceptively: He imposed his pretentious books on the public.
    • : Printing. to lay in proper order on an imposing stone or the like and secure in a chase for printing.
    • : to lay on or inflict, as a penalty.
    • : Archaic. to put or place on something, or in a particular place.
    • : Obsolete. to lay on ceremonially, as in confirmation or ordination.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·posed, im·pos·ing.

    • : to make an impression on the mind; impose one's or its authority or influence.
    • : to obtrude oneself or one's requirements, as upon others: Are you sure my request doesn't impose?
    • : to presume, as upon patience or good nature.
  1. 1
    • : impose on / upon to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude. to take unfair advantage of; misuse.to defraud; cheat; deceive: A study recently showed the shocking number of confidence men that impose on the public.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbset, dictate
Forms: imposed, imposing
Synonyms
appoint任用,指定,任职,任命charge收费,控告,控方,收费标准demand要求,需求,需求量,需求方面enforce强制执行,执行,强制实施,强制实行establish建立,确立,设立,成立foist造假,挫折,挫败,造谣force力量,力,权力,力度inflict造成,造成伤害,造成了,造成的institute研究所,学院,研究院,研究机构introduce介绍,介绍一下,引入,推出lay down规定,放下,规定了,躺下levy征收,征收的费用,征税,征费order秩序,订单,顺序,命令place地点,地方,地位,场所promulgate颁布,颁授,颁发,颁行put把,将require需要,要求,需,需要的burden负担,负荷,负重,负载command指挥部,指挥,命令,指令compel强制,强迫,强制要求,迫使constrain约束力,约束,拘束,限制decree法令,政令,法旨,判决encroach侵占,侵扰,蚕食,侵犯enjoin嘱咐,嘱托,叮嘱,诰命exact确实,精确的,精准的,确实的fix修复,固定,修理,修整infringe侵权,侵权行为,违犯,侵占intrude闯入,侵扰,闯入者,侵入lade杓子,杓,杓的lay铺设,敷设,躺下,奠定oblige强迫,义务,强迫性,迫使obtrude碍手碍脚,碍手碍脚的,碍于情面,碍眼ordain命名为,命名,命运的安排,颁布法令prescribe订明,订定,配药,订药presume推测,推定,推断,假定saddle鞍座,鞍部,鞍子,马鞍trespass闯入,擅入,擅闯,侵入visit访问,参观,探访,访wish希望,愿望,祝愿,愿wreak蹂躏,肆虐,破坏,祸害wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船force upon强加于人,强求,强加于人的,强迫horn in喇叭声中,喇叭声在,喇叭在,喇叭声中的lay down the law颁布法律,颁布法律规定,判决法律,判决move in on迁就,迁入,迁居,进驻put foot down搁下脚步,搁下脚,搁浅,踏实点read riot act宣读暴乱法,宣读暴动法案,宣读暴动法,宣读防暴法take advantage顺势而为,利用,利用优势,顺势

Examples

  • Before the coronavirus pandemic imposed restrictions on physical contact, the Patrick Henry and Georgetown students gathered in person, and over the course of the program, they interacted with different partners.

  • The second wave of internet regulation laws is now targeting platforms by imposing demands.

  • In one case, the governor imposes strict lockdowns, mask wearing, and so on.

  • The Reagan-era Lifeline program imposes fees on telecom giants such as AT&T and Verizon, which pass them along to phone subscribers on their monthly bills.

  • If Amazon were to make what the FTC considers “deceptive earnings claims” for a second time, the agency would then have the authority to impose civil penalties as well.

  • Expectations, reasonable or unrealistic, remain so even if we impose them on ourselves.

  • The United Nations was prompted to impose a ban on selling mainframe computers or laptops to North Korea.

  • The United States has tools to impose costs on the North Koreans.

  • We can, due to the critical issues at stake, also go one more step and impose an embargo.

  • I make a distinction between personal essays and memoir, which is a personal distinction, not one I would impose upon others.

  • Any delay in covering such deficit shall be subject to such charge as the Federal Reserve Board may impose.

  • Hence, in their professed attempt to aid the memory, they really impose a new and additional burden upon it.

  • An attempt to impose an imitation on a practised judge is always productive of an unpleasant result.

  • But he failed to impose upon the Colonel, and was even far from impressing him with this trumped-up knowledge of bygone days.

  • Moreover, it must be prejudicial to the national interest to impose parliamentary taxes.