taxes

英 [ˈtæksɪz]

美 [ˈtæksɪz]

n.  税; 税款
v.  对…征税; 课税; 使纳税; 缴纳车辆牌照税; 使负重担; 使受压力; 使大伤脑筋
tax的第三人称单数和复数; taxis的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 税;税款
  Taxis an amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services.
  1. No-one enjoys paying tax...
     没人喜欢纳税。
  2. They are calling for large spending cuts and tax increases.
     他们呼吁大幅度削减开支并提高税收。
  3. ...a cut in tax on new cars.
     降低新车所缴纳的税款
  4. ...a pledge not to raise taxes on people below a certain income...
     对收入低于一定水平的人不提高税收的承诺
  5. His decision to return to a form of property tax is the right one.
     他决定恢复征收财产税是正确的。
• VERB 对(人、公司或货物)征税
  When a person or companyis taxed, they have to pay a part of their income or profits to the government. When goodsare taxed, a percentage of their price has to be paid to the government.
  1. Husband and wife are now taxed separately on their incomes...
     现在夫妻双方分别按各自的收入纳税。
  2. ...the government's commitment to simplifying the way companies are taxed...
     政府简化公司纳税手续的承诺
  3. The Bonn government taxes profits of corporations at a rate that is among the highest in Europe.
     波恩政府对公司所得税的征收税率之高在欧洲处于前列。
• VERB 使用尽，耗尽(力气、耐心、资源等)
  If somethingtaxesyour strength, your patience, or your resources, it uses nearly all of them, so that you have great difficulty in carrying out what you are trying to do.
  1. Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste...
     人口过多使得城市的垃圾处理能力达到了极限。
  2. These dilemmas would tax the best of statesmen.
     这些进退两难的局面对一流的政治家也是个考验。
• See also:taxingcouncil taxincome taxpoll taxvalue added tax

双语例句

• They levied religious taxes on Christian commercial transactions
  他们对基督徒的商业交易征收宗教税。
• How can you complain about higher taxes?
  你怎么能抱怨税费的提高呢？
• It's good that he used direct taxation rather than stealth taxes to raise the money.
  还好他采用了直接征税而不是间接征税的手段来筹集资金。
• Taxes could be used to redistribute income.
  税收可以用来对收入进行再分配。
• They know he would put their taxes up.
  他们知道他会增加对他们的征税。
• The chairman also criticised the plan for its tilt towards higher taxes rather than lower spending.
  主席也批评该计划倾向于主张高税收而不是低消费。
• The main sticking point was the question of taxes.
  主要的症结是税收问题。
• The taxman caught up with him and demanded £ 7,000 in unpaid taxes
  税收人员查到了他，要求他把未缴纳的7,000英镑税款交上。
• The burning question in this year's debate over the federal budget is: whose taxes should be raised?
  今年联邦财政预算辩论中的一个重要问题就是：哪些人的纳税额应该提高？
• We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
  我们需要减轻导致经济困顿的税收负荷。