- [uncountable]
the act of introducing something 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 the unilateral imposition of import quotas 单边强行设定的进口配额
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- unilateral
- unwanted
- justify
- oppose
- resist
- …
- imposition on
- [countable]
an unfair or unreasonable thing that somebody expects or asks you to do 不公平（或不合理）的要求
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin impositio(n-), from the verb imponere ‘inflict, deceive’ (from in- ‘in, upon’ + ponere ‘put’), but influenced by impositus ‘inflicted’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.