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Excise Tax Levied Excising N Country Verb Remove

英语单词 excise
英美音标 英 ['eksaɪz] 美 ['eksaɪz]
中文释义 n.货物税;消费税
vt.征税
vt.切除;删除
英语例句 (1) He has suggested imposing an oil import fee and raising excise taxes on liquor and cigarette.
(2) Excise started being levied last August.
(3) The surgeon excised the lump from her breast.
(4) The censor insisted on excising the passage from the film.
中文例句 (1) 他建议增加石油进口税与提高烟酒货物税。
(2) 消费税起征于去年的8月份。
(3) 外科医生切除了她乳房的肿块。
(4) 电影审查员坚持剪去影片的这一段。
vocabulary简明 An excise tax is a special tax levied on specific products sold within a country. To excise something can also mean to get rid of it. Say, wouldn't it be nice if they would excise the excise taxes?
vocabulary扩展 An excise tax is simply an extra tax put on various products. Perhaps the most common examples are the taxes levied on tobacco and liquor, often called "sin taxes" because drinking and smoking are considered vices. There is also an excise tax on gasoline. To cover the tax, the seller will usually raise the price of the item. Interestingly, the word excise (ek-SIZE) used as a verb means to remove something by cutting it out. Good luck with excising the excise taxes!
柯林斯解释
The noun is pronounced /'eksaɪz/. The verb is pronounced /ɪk'saɪz/. 名词读作 /'eksaɪz/。动词读作 /ɪk'saɪz/。
1
[N-VAR 可变名词]国内货物税;消费税 Excise is a tax that the government of a country puts on particular goods, such as cigarettes and alcoholic drinks, which are produced for sale in its own country.
  [usu N n]
  • ...this year's rise in excise duties...

    今年消费税的提高

  • New car buyers and smokers will be hit by increases in taxes and excise.

    税率和消费税的提高将使新车买主和烟民受到打击。

2
[VERB 动词]切除;删除;消除 If someone excises something, they remove it deliberately and completely.
  [V n]
  [V n from n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...a personal crusade to excise racist and sexist references in newspapers.

    消除报纸中涉及种族和性别歧视内容的个人努力

  • ...the question of permanently excising madness from the world.

    关于永久清除世界上疯狂举动的问题

excision
  • The authors demanded excision of foreign words.

    作者们要求删除外国文字。

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