impose
impose 英 [ɪmˈpəʊz] 美 [ɪmˈpoʊz]
v. 强加；迫使
进行时:imposing 过去式:imposed 过去分词:imposed 第三人称单数:imposes
- To impose means to force or inflict something on someone else. If you want to impose your musical taste on your parents, play your tunes all day at top volume.
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- v. 强加；迫使
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1. A new tax was imposed on fuel.
当局开始对燃油征收一项新税。
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2. to impose limitations sth, to impose restrictions sth, to impose constraintson sth
强行限制╱管制╱约束某事物
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3. This system imposes additional financial burdens on many people.
这个制度给很多人增加了额外的经济负担。
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4. She didn't want to impose her values on her family.
她并不想勉强家人接受自己的价值观。
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5. ‘You must stay for lunch.’ ‘Well, thanks, but I don't want to impose…’
“你一定得留下吃午饭。”“唔，谢谢，但我不想添麻烦…”
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6. Everyone imposes on Dave's good nature.
大家都欺负戴夫脾气好。
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7. European civilization was the first to impose itself across the whole world.
欧洲文明是最先传扬到全世界的。
- impose (v.) late 14c., "to lay (a crime, duty, obligation, etc.) to the account of," from Old French imposer "put, place; impute, charge, accuse" (c. 1300), from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (from PIE root *en "in") + poser "put, place" (see pose (v.1)). From c. 1500 as "apply authoritatively." Sense of "lay on as a burden, inflict by force or authority" first recorded 1580s. Related: Imposed; imposer; imposing.
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