impost

impost — 名詞

1. an official charge that a government requires people or businesses to pay, often

1.名詞C2
釋義

課稅；關稅

政府徵收的稅金或進口稅

an official charge that a government requires people or businesses to pay, often on goods coming into or leaving the country.

例句

The new government removed the heavy impost on imported rice.

新政府取消了對進口米的高額關稅。

impost on + imported goods

Farmers protested the impost that the king placed on their grain.

農民們抗議國王對他們的穀物課徵的稅。

impost placed on + commodity

常見搭配
  • heavy impost
  • impost on imports
  • lift an impost
  • remove an impost
同義詞
  • tax

    the everyday word; 'impost' is more formal and old-fashioned

  • duty

    specifically a tax on imported or exported goods

  • levy

    an amount of money officially demanded, often for a single purpose

  • tariff

    a tax on goods crossing a border, especially imports

文法句型

impost on + noun

用法筆記

Mainly used in formal, historical, or legal writing about taxes and customs duties. Modern everyday English prefers 'tax', 'duty', or 'levy'.

常見錯誤

I paid an impost at the supermarket.
I paid sales tax at the supermarket.
'impost' sounds wrong for ordinary daily taxes; use it for formal or historical contexts.

2. the flat stone or block at the top of a column or wall on which the curved part

2.名詞C2
釋義

拱基石

拱門起拱處的支撐石塊

the flat stone or block at the top of a column or wall on which the curved part of an arch rests.

例句

The stonemason carefully shaped the impost before the arch was built.

石匠在建造拱門前仔細修整拱基石。

shape / carve the impost

Each impost in the old church was carved with small flowers.

舊教堂裡每一塊拱基石上都雕著小花。

decorated impost in a building

常見搭配
  • carved impost
  • stone impost
  • impost of an arch
  • impost block
同義詞
  • springer

    the lowest stone of an arch, sitting directly on the impost

  • capital

    the top part of a column; an impost can sit on a capital

文法句型

impost of + structure

用法筆記

A technical term in architecture and stonework. Most readers will only meet it in books about old buildings, churches, or castles.

常見錯誤

The impost is the curved part of the arch.
The impost is the flat block under the arch.
the impost supports the arch; it is not the arch itself.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • impost block
  • import impost
  • colonial impost

常用片語

  • heavy impost
  • lift an impost
  • remove an impost

介系詞搭配

  • impost on
  • impost of