tax
n. 税(款)
v. 对…征税; 使大伤脑筋; 耗尽
Tax is an amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services.
No-one enjoys paying tax...
没人喜欢纳税。
They are calling for large spending cuts and tax increases.
他们呼吁大幅度削减开支并提高税收。
When a person or company is taxed, they have to pay a part of their income or profits to the government. When goods are taxed, a percentage of their price has to be paid to the government.
Husband and wife are now taxed separately on their incomes...
现在夫妻双方分别按各自的收入纳税。
...the government's commitment to simplifying the way companies are taxed...
政府简化公司纳税手续的承诺
If something taxes your strength, your patience, or your resources, it uses nearly all of them, so that you have great difficulty in carrying out what you are trying to do.
Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste...
人口过多使得城市的垃圾处理能力达到了极限。
These dilemmas would tax the best of statesmen.
这些进退两难的局面对一流的政治家也是个考验。
1. charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
1. levy a tax on;
2. set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
3. use to the limit;
4. make a charge against or accuse;
tax, impose, assess
这些动词均有"征税"之意。
The Liberal Bloc voted for the tax increase.
开明集团投票赞成增税.
Please give me a breakdown of those income tax totals.
请给我一份所得税收的细目表.
How much tax do they take out of your monthly pay?
他们从你的月薪中抽出多少税?
The high tax policy is certainly unpopular, although it's unlikely to meet the soaring armament expenditures.
高赋税政策肯定是不受欢迎的, 但也未必能满足飞涨的军备开支.
Nowadays, it appears that too many films are being produced, and a tax on films will help to redress the balance.
时下制作的电影太多了, 看来应该征收电影稅来改变这种局面.