tax是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (an amount of) money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you have bought -- 稅；稅款

  • They're increasing the tax on cigarettes. 他們要提高煙草稅。

  • Tax cuts (= reductions in taxes) are always popular. 減稅總是受歡迎的。

  • What do you earn before/after tax (= before/after you have paid tax on the money you earn)? 你的稅前／稅後收入是多少？

• 1 to make someone pay a tax -- 對…徵稅，對…課稅

  • Husbands and wives may be taxed jointly/separately. 夫妻倆可以分別／合併納稅。

• 2 to need someone to make a lot of effort, either physical or mental -- 使負重擔；使大傷腦筋

  • He only has to read a short report - it shouldn't tax him too much. 他只需讀一篇簡短的報告——這應該不會耗費他太多精力。