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impose
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imposed
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imposing
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Derivatives :
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imposer
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- impose
[ɪm'pəuz]
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1.
vt.
[+sanctions]
[ restrictions]
[ fine]
施加
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2.
vi.
to impose on sb 强加于某人
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- impose
[ɪmˈpəʊz]
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1.
vt.
强制执行，强行管制，迫使
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Controls may be imposed on international trade for a number of different reasons.
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因为很多不同的原因，或许要加强控制国际贸易。
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Social relations impose courtesy.
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社会关系要求人们有礼貌。
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2.
verb
施加，使遭受，把……强加于
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His response was to try and impose tough discipline and demand greater results at the same time.
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他的反应是尝试和强加严厉的训练并同时要求更好的结果。
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Her mother-in-law was imposing on the couple's happiness.
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她的婆婆给他们夫妻的幸福带来麻烦。
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3.
vt.
强行征收
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All they could imagine was that some new sort of tax was to be imposed on them.
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所有他们能想象到就是他们要被强征某些新税。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- impose
[ɪm'pəυz]
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1.
vt.
[usually foll by on or upon]
[tr]
to establish as something to be obeyed or complied with; enforce
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to impose a tax on the people
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2.
vt.
to force (oneself, one's presence, etc) on another or others; obtrude
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3.
vi.
[intr]
to take advantage, as of a person or quality
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to impose on someone's kindness
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4.
vt.
[tr]
[printing]
to arrange pages so that after printing and folding the pages will be in the correct order
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to pass off deceptively; foist
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to impose a hoax on someone
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6.
vt.
[tr]
(of a bishop or priest) to lay (the hands) on the head of a candidate for certain sacraments
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7.
vt.
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French imposer, from Latin imponere to place upon, from ponere to place, set
Examples
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to impose false cures on unsuspecting patients
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把假药卖给轻信的病人
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These offences carry a mandatory death penalty, which means that trial judges have no option but to impose a death sentence on those who are convicted.
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这些犯罪行为将构成强制死刑，这就是说庭审法官没有其他选择，直接宣判犯罪分子死刑。
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We impose our own interpretations on these data and draw conclusions from them.
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我们根据这些数据做出解释，并从中得出结论。
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to impose a curfew on sth/sb
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对某处/某人实行宵禁
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to impose {or} place an embargo on sth
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对某物实行禁运
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to impose sanctions (on {or} against)
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（对…）实施制裁
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