To impose a penalty on smoking in the street is a stretch of the law.

在街上吸烟罚款是对法律的滥用。

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If the driver can be identified, it may impose a penalty on the driver in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

对能够确定驾驶人的，可以依照本法的规定依法予以处罚。

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Imagine bribing an Alzheimer's patient to keep her dementia from worsening, or threatening to impose a penalty on her if it did.

试想，你能否贿赂一个阿尔茨海默氏症患者让她减少痴呆，或者威胁她如果情况继续恶化就对她施以惩罚。

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So if your business is anything like the vast majority of small businesses out there, this requirement simply won't apply to you -- because I don't think it's fair to impose a penalty on small businesses that are already operating at very narrow margins.

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But as those rigid exchange rates require high interest rates, they impose a heavy penalty on growth.

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They even want to impose a tax penalty on the parents of students who register to vote at their North Carolina college addresses, and pass the most restrictive felony disenfranchisement law in the country.

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