imposition

Word family  noun imposition verb impose

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++im·po·si·tion /ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun  1  [uncountable]START something/MAKE something START the introduction of something such as a rule, punishment, tax etc 〔规章 、惩罚、税种等的〕实施imposition of the imposition of martial law 戒严的实施2  [countable usually singular] formalPROBLEM something that someone expects or asks you to do for them, which is not convenient for you 过分的要求，无理要求 I know it’s an imposition, but could I use your bathroom? 实在不好意思，我可以借用你的浴室吗？

Examples from the Corpus

imposition• The drawback was his rather dowdy wife and their increasing brood of children, an imposition to be endured.• Some professors seem to feel that teaching is an imposition keeping them from their research.• Why hold a referendum, when no one could challenge the imposition of his will?• This culminated in the imposition of far-reaching controls.• Barnala refused formally to recommend the imposition of central rule.• Here Period V of late Roman date saw the imposition of an inhumation cemetery upon the earlier pattern of ditched enclosures.• Further, the county council has not yet given its consent to the imposition of any traffic regulations.• The foreign minister, Stan Mudenge, has previously said that sanctions could lead to the imposition of martial law.• the imposition of martial law

im·po·si·tion nounChineseSyllable  

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imposition
im‧po‧si‧tion AC /ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən/ noun1. [uncountable] the introduction of something such as a rule, punishment, tax etc
    imposition of
    the imposition of martial law
2. [countable usually singular] formal something that someone expects or asks you to do for them, which is not convenient for you:
    I know it’s an imposition, but could I use your bathroom?

im·pos·ition AW BrE /ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the act of introducing sth such as a new law or rule, or a new tax （新法律或规则等的）颁布，实施；（新税的）征收◆the imposition of martial law戒严令的实施◆the imposition of tax on domestic fuel家用燃料税的征收 [countable] an unfair or unreasonable thing that sb expects or asks you to do 不公平（或不合理）的要求◆I'd like to stay if it's not too much of an imposition. 如果不会给您增添太多麻烦，我倒愿意留下。🔊🔊