imposition
/ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌim-pə-ˈzi-shən/ (ame, mw)
imposition — 名詞
1. a situation where someone asks you to do something difficult or unfair, making y
負擔；麻煩
不合理或令人不便的要求
a situation where someone asks you to do something difficult or unfair, making you feel that your own time or needs are being ignored
Staying with relatives for a whole month felt like an imposition, so Emeka and Yuki booked a hotel instead.
跟親戚住一整個月感覺像個負擔，所以 Emeka 和 Yuki 訂了旅館。
felt like an imposition — burden on others
When Samir asked Chitra to cover his night shift for the third time, she told him it was too much of an imposition.
當 Samir 第三次請 Chitra 代他的夜班時，她告訴他這要求太過分了。
too much of an imposition — excessive request
Diego felt bad asking Wei for a ride to the airport because he did not want it to seem like an imposition.
Diego 覺得不好意思請 Wei 載他去機場，因為他不希望這看起來像個麻煩。
Lucia knew that asking her elderly neighbour to walk her dog every day would be a real imposition.
Lucia 知道請她年邁的鄰居每天遛她的狗會是個很大的負擔。
Minh hesitated to request a day off so soon after starting the job, worried it would be seen as an imposition.
Minh 猶豫要不要在剛入職不久就請假，擔心這會被視為一種麻煩。
- burden
more general; a burden can be any heavy responsibility, not necessarily a request
- inconvenience
milder than imposition; focuses on trouble caused rather than unfairness
- hassle
informal; suggests annoyance more than unfairness
- favour
a kind act done willingly, the opposite of an unwanted demand
文法句型
an imposition on + noun phrase
too much of an imposition
用法筆記
Often used in polite expressions to show that a request may cause inconvenience — for example, 'I hope this is not an imposition.' In these contexts it is usually singular.
常見錯誤
2. the official act of making people accept and follow a new law, rule, tax, or sys
實施；課徵
強制推行法律、稅制或規定
the official act of making people accept and follow a new law, rule, tax, or system, often one they do not want
The imposition of a 10% tax on sugary drinks led to fierce debate among health experts and manufacturers.
對含糖飲料課徵 10% 稅金引發了健康專家和飲料製造商之間的激烈辯論。
imposition of [tax] — official introduction
After the imposition of strict new traffic rules, accidents in the city dropped by nearly half.
實施嚴格的交通新規後，該市的事故數量減少了將近一半。
Many residents held street protests against the government’s imposition of a curfew during the crisis.
許多居民舉行街頭抗議，反對政府在危機期間實施宵禁。
The imposition of higher entrance fees at the national park caused a sharp drop in the number of visitors.
國家公園調漲入園費後，遊客人數大幅下降。
Teachers complained about the sudden imposition of a new grading system with no training or warning.
教師們抱怨突然實施新的評分制度，完全沒有提供訓練或預先通知。
- enforcement
emphasises making sure a rule is obeyed, rather than the initial act of introducing it
- enactment
formal; specifically about turning a proposal into law through an official process
- introduction
neutral; does not carry the negative sense of forcing something on people
- removal
taking away a rule or system that was previously imposed
- revocation
formal; the official cancellation of a law or rule
文法句型
the imposition of + noun phrase
imposition by + authority
用法筆記
Common in news and political writing. The subject doing the imposing is typically an authority such as a government, company, or institution. The thing imposed is usually unwelcome.