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imposition

/im-puh-zish-uhn/US // ˌɪm pəˈzɪʃ ən //UK // (ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən) //

施加,施行,强加,强制执行

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
    • : something imposed, as a burden or duty; an unusual or extraordinarily burdensome requirement or task.
    • : the act of imposing by or as if by authority.
    • : an instance of imposing upon a person: He did the favor but considered the request an imposition.
    • : the act of imposing fraudulently or deceptively on others; imposture.
    • : the ceremonial laying on of hands, as in confirmation or ordination.
    • : Printing. the arrangement of page plates in proper order on a press for printing a signature.
    • : the act of putting, placing, or laying on.

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Examples

  • Britain’s new subject peoples knew it, too, and rebelled at the imposition of colonial rule.

  • “They could issue long-term bonds for the modernization, and by doing that within 10 years of the imposition of the tax, they get to keep the entire tax,” Cabrera said.

  • If the Supreme Court overturns Rostker, they’ll surely fight against any imposition of compulsory registration or service for women.

  • Instead, by 2019, imposition of the tax had resulted in a decline in the number of internet users, failed revenue targets, and social unrest.

  • Many have called for the imposition and enforcement of more stringent and onerous regulation and taxation.

  • A term-limits law is a clear imposition of an added qualification.

  • And so swift was the imposition of the curfew that some foreigners were taken by surprise.

  • Later, when he purchases a massive TV set for her living room, she's offended by the imposition.

  • Why, an imposition on business owners to run their factories as they saw fit, you socialist!

  • The result was the imposition of the most draconian inspections regime in history.

  • This provision also had the effect of preventing the imposition of taxation upon the community by means of railway rates.

  • For this was the preposterous nature of the imposition, and she claimed to have given birth to no less than eighteen of them.

  • Just at this juncture Eric came in, having been delayed by Mr Gordon, while he rigidly inspected the imposition.

  • Mr. Grenville, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced sundry resolutions relative to the imposition of stamp duty in America.

  • Henceforth they resisted the imposition by Parliament of external as well as internal taxes.