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Impose ɪm'poʊz Judge Imposed Fine Guilty Man 法官判此犯人罚金500美元

Front impose
Pron [ɪm'poʊz]
Back 【IMPOSE】
The judge imposed a fine of 500 on the guilty man.
法官判此犯人罚金500美元。
【重点词汇】
impose v. 强加(负担, 惩罚于)
Vocab
imposeimpose and collect

To impose means to force or inflict something on someone else. If you want to impose your musical taste on your parents, play your tunes all day at top volume.

The verb impose emerged in the 1580s, meaning "to lay on as a burden," which is very similar to the modern meaning. Governments often impose taxes, legal restrictions, and other burdensome things on citizens, for example. But you should remember what Confucius once wisely said: "Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire."

All forms of 'impose' will appear on average once every 135 pages.
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imposed
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reimpose
superimpose
self-imposed
imposingly
unimposing
reimposition
superimposed

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