impose /ɪmˈpəʊz/ CET4 TEM4 ( imposing, imposed, imposes )

• 1. 

  V-T If you impose something on people, you use your authority to force them to accept it. 强制实行

  例：

  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。

  例：

  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。

• 2. 

  imposition N-UNCOUNT 强制实行

  例：

  ...the imposition of sanctions against Pakistan.

  …对巴基斯坦制裁的强制实行。

• 3. 

  V-T 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

  例：

  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。

• 4. 

  V-T 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)

  例：

  The filming imposed an additional strain on her.

  影片拍摄使她承受了额外的压力。

• 5. 

  V-I 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

  例：

  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。

• 6. 

  imposition N-COUNT 不合理的要求

  例：

  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。

• 7. 

  V-T If someone imposes themselves on you, they force you to accept their company although you may not want to. 使强迫接受

  例：

  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。