Tax

(noun.) charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government.

(verb.) make a charge against or accuse; 'They taxed him failure to appear in court'.

(verb.) use to the limit; 'you are taxing my patience'.

(verb.) levy a tax on; 'The State taxes alcohol heavily'; 'Clothing is not taxed in our state'.

(verb.) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine).

编辑:普鲁登斯

• There were, in fact, but few things which Luttrell did not vote a tax on life, being one of the most dissatisfied men I ever knew. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He considers what the land will cost him, in tax and price together. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This tax, therefore, so far offends against the first of the four maxims above mentioned. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Be it so, said the King; but for thine own sake tax me not with usurpation now. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• But the revenue of the sovereign does not, in any part of Europe, arise chiefly from a land tax or land rent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Such taxes appear to me to be revolutionary. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It is much shorter, and probably not quite so exact as that of the French taxes. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Taxes upon the profits of stock, in particular employments, can never affect the interest of money. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Such taxes, when destined for the maintenance of the state, have some advantages, which may serve in some measure to balance their inconveniency. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Upon the whole, such taxes, therefore, are perhaps as agreeable to the three first of the four general maxims concerning taxation, as any other. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• What was the Crown to him except the King's Taxes? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Capitation taxes are levied at little expense; and, where they are rigorously exacted, afford a very sure revenue to the state. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The property of the rich was taxed or confiscated in order that it should be divided among the poor. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But there was an equally strong desire on the part of ordinary men to be neither taxed nor interfered with in their ordinary pursuits. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is in England taxed at three shillings and fourpence a bushel; about three times the original price of the commodity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Attending court the other day--I attend it regularly, with my documents--I taxed him with it, and he almost confessed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Their expense is taxed, by taxing the consumable commodities upon which it is laid out. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A family which exercised great hospitality, would be taxed much more lightly than one who entertained fewer guests. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The interest of money seems, at first sight, a subject equally capable of being taxed directly as the rent of land. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Their expense is taxed, by taxing the consumable commodities upon which it is laid out. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The parliament of Great Britain insists upon taxing the colonies; and they refuse to be taxed by a parliament in which they are not represented. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Well, but now, Casaubon, such deep studies, classics, mathematics, that kind of thing, are too taxing for a woman--too taxing, you know. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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