tax

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n. 税, 税款, 重负, 会费 vt. 课以税, 使负重荷, 斥责

发音

US /tæks/

词形变化

taxes 复数 taxes taxed taxes 三单 taxest taxeth taxing taxing 现在分词 taxed 过去式 taxed 过去分词

别名

OIBITDA tx

教材释义与例句

名词

税金;重负

Tax is an amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services such as road and schools

动词

向…课税;使负重担

to charge a tax on something

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A charge (of money, food, labor, etc) collected by a person, organization, etc; something required (exacted) from someone who is (really or notionally) under the control of the taxer, such as a contribution or service.

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  3. 3.

    A burdensome demand

    比喻 不可数 可数

    a heavy tax on time or health

v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).

    及物

    Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.

  2. 2.

    To impose and collect a tax on (something).

    及物

    Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.

  3. 3.

    To make excessive demands on.

    及物

    Do not tax my patience.

  4. 4.

    To accuse.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.

    及物

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词源

From Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxō (“to appraise, value, estimate; (medieval) to tax”). Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the word for “tribute” and “rent”.

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