Every January the cost of travelling by train rises, imposing a significant extra burden on those who have no option but to use the rail network to get to work or otherwise.

每年一月，乘火车出行的费用都在上涨，对于那些除了乘坐火车上班之外别无选择的人来说，这给他们带来了巨大的额外负担。

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This would be like imposing a tax on American consumers.

这就犹如给美国消费者多征税一样。

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But if imposing a minimum price on alcohol is the solution, what, precisely, is the problem?

而如果给酒精饮品施加最低限价是解决办法，那么问题到底又是什么呢？

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"By imposing a tax on every American who drives a car or flips on a light switch, this plan will drive up the prices for food, gasoline and electricity,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.27

The barriers to unity presented by European geography and very limited technology made it hard for a would-be conqueror to create a vast empire, eliminating competitors and imposing his will over vast areas.

由于欧洲独特的地理条件,和当时有限的科技水平,使未来的征伐者很难建立一个广袤的帝国,清除异己和使他的意志,传播到广袤领地的每一个角落

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So it's not necessarily imposing other religions on them, but just kind of creating a sense of awareness in celebration of how different and diverse just within our classroom we are."

VOA: special.2009.12.24

It may also be read as imposing a tax on those who go without insurance.

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General Musharraf, thus far, has downplayed the possibility of imposing a state of emergency.

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It would be better to get the incentives right by, for example, imposing a carbon tax.

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