英 [ɪmˈpəʊz] 美 [ɪmˈpoʊz]
v. 强制推行，强制实行；把（自己的观点、信仰等）强加于；打扰，麻烦；把（活字页）拼版；欺骗
第三人称单数imposes
现在分词imposing
过去式imposed
过去分词imposed
impose /ɪmˈpəʊz/ CET4 TEM4 [ imposing imposed imposes ]
及物动词 If you impose something on people, you use your authority to force them to accept it. 强制实行
Fines are imposed on retailers who sell tobacco to minors.
向未成年人销售烟草制品的零售商要被强制罚款。
A third of companies reviewing pay since last August have imposed a pay freeze of up to a year.
自去年8月以来，在审检工资发放的公司中，有三分之一已经强行实施工资冻结长达1年。
不可数名词 强制实行
...the imposition of sanctions against Pakistan.
…对巴基斯坦制裁的强制实行。
及物动词 If you impose your opinions or beliefs on other people, you try and make people accept them as a rule or as a model to copy. 把 (观点、信仰等) 强加于
Parents should beware of imposing their own tastes on their children.
父母应该提防把自己的兴趣强加给孩子。
及物动词 If something imposes strain, pressure, or suffering on someone, it causes them to experience it. 使承受 (令人不快之事物)
The filming imposed an additional strain on her.
影片拍摄使她承受了额外的压力。
不及物动词 If someone imposes on you, they unreasonably expect you to do something for them which you do not want to do. 不合理地要求
I was afraid you'd feel we were imposing on you.
我担心你会觉得我们在不合理地要求你。
可数名词 不合理的要求
I know this is an imposition. But please hear me out.
我知道这是个不合理的要求，但请听我把话说完。
及物动词 If someone imposes themselves on you, they force you to accept their company although you may not want to. 使强迫接受
I didn't want to impose myself on my married friends.
我不想硬要我的已婚朋友们接受我。
impose something unpleasant
同义词： inflict / bring down / visit
impose and collect
同义词： levy
要是你将激情强加(Impose)于一无所感的处境上，必然徒劳无功。和一个生活习惯有很多差异的人恋爱不要紧，结婚要慎重，想想你是否可以长久忍受彼此的不同。
6分6个进球，以钢铁(Steel)的后防加上放肆的进球，以9打11外加(Additional)被处以(Impose)死罪的点球却照旧完胜派头正盛(Masamori)的AC米兰。在多赛一场的状况下超过排名第二的AC米兰9分意甲冠军好像曾经是囊中之物。
... implicit a.含蓄的，暗示的，无保留的 impose v.把…强加于；征(税)，利用 imposing a.壮观的，气势雄伟的 ...
He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.
他已经试图采取强制性法令来解决该国的问题。
Congress can impose strict conditions on the bank.
国会可能会迫使这家银行接受苛刻的条件。
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。
It grows from the ground up. We don't impose regulations from the top down.
VOA : special.2010.06.16
To give a text an Author is to impose a limit on that text, to furnish it with a final signified, to close the writing.
在创作的时候，作者会给文章加上个限制，他最后会给出一个象征意义来结束写作。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
This is the remarkable thing about so many of Milton's similes: they're always bursting out of whatever critical or theological constraints that we work so hard to impose on them.
这是弥尔顿的比喻中的亮点：,它们总是能从我们强加的,无论多批判多神学的束缚中,挣脱出来。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
He says he foresaw the results of the election and he expected that, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wanted to impose Mr.Ahmedinejad.
VOA : standard.2009.06.14
"And,we can impose significant fines and sanctions on toy manufacturers or importers who do not meet these requirements."
VOA : standard.2010.01.11
In a British media report Thursday, Siegel warned the group would probably have to impose compulsory layoffs.
Anti-money-laundering laws do impose high costs, and that cost is borne by the financial industry and its consumers.
When faced with mounting opposition, Cyprus abandoned its plan to impose large taxes on bank deposits.
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