tax[tæks]

• n.
  • 税；税款
  • [美国英语](社会、团体等的)会费
  • 负担，压力；义务，职责
• vt.
  • 对…征税；对…抽税：

    The British government taxes tobacco and alcoholic drinks heavily.

    英国政府对烟草和含酒精的饮料课以重税。

    The government taxed the rich and the poor alike.

    政府对富人和穷人同样征税。

  • 向(政府)缴税；缴纳…税
  • 对…收会费
  • 使负重荷，使受压力：

    to tax one's strength

    费尽气力

    to tax one's resources

    使人绞尽脑汁

    Reading in a poor light taxes the eyes.

    在暗淡的灯光下读书累眼睛。

  • 谴责；责备，指责：

    The teacher taxed Tom with laziness.

    老师批评汤姆懒惰。

    He was taxed with negligence.

    他因粗心大意而受到责备。

  • [美国口语]讨(价)，要(价钱)，要人支付：

    How much did they tax you for that bicycle?

    那辆自行车他们要了你多少钱?

    What will you tax me for this pen?

    这钢笔多少钱?

  • 【法律】评定(或审定)(诉讼费等)：

    to tax the costs of an action

    评定一起诉讼的诉讼费

  • [古语]对…进行估价
  • [废语]使参加辩论
• 短语:
  • a tax on (或 upon) 加在…上的负担(或压力)
  • lay a tax on something 对某物上税
  • tax and tax, spend and spend 不断征税、不断花钱的政策
  • tax someone with something 就某事指控(或责备)某人
  • with holding tax [美国英语]预扣赋税(指雇主在发工资时，替政府预扣的所得税)