impost
英 ['ɪmpəʊst]
美 ['ɪmpoʊst]
1. im- "into, in, on, upon" + post-.
2. 字面含义:put upon, place upon, a laying on.
3. => the levying of taxes, a tax, duty.
4. put tax on sth.
5. put tax or duty or something else on sth.
- impost (n.)
- "tax, duty," 1560s, from Middle French impost, from Medieval Latin impostum, from neuter of Latin impostus, contracted from impositus, past participle of imponere (see impostor).
- 1. Transient immobilization and stravation add to this impost on the skeletal muscle mass.
- 暂时的卧床和饥饿更加重了这种骨胳肌的消耗.
- 2. I said that no one has the right to impost his views on others.
- 我说任何人都无权把自己的意见强加于人.