impose a mulct on sb
介词 on 后面接被处以罚金的人或机构。
The judge imposed a mulct on the shipping company.
法官对那家航运公司处以罚金。
罚款或处罚,尤其是金钱上的。
A fine or penalty, especially a monetary one.
罚款或处罚,尤其是金钱上的。
A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
The library mulct for overdue books is only 50 cents a day.
图书馆对逾期图书的罚金每天只有50美分。
用法提示：mulct在此处作可数名词，表示‘罚金’。
He received a mulct of $100 for parking in a handicapped spot.
他因在残疾人停车位停车而被处以100美元的罚金。
用法提示：mulct作可数名词，与of连用表示罚金的具体金额。
The mulcts imposed by the homeowner association are strictly enforced.
业主协会施加的罚金被严格执行。
用法提示：mulcts为复数形式，指多项罚金。
介词 on 后面接被处以罚金的人或机构。
The judge imposed a mulct on the shipping company.
法官对那家航运公司处以罚金。
mulct 是可数名词，复数为 mulcts。
She had to pay a mulct of five hundred dollars.
她不得不缴纳五百美元罚金。
介词 for 后面接被处罚的原因或事由。
The factory received a mulct for dumping waste into the river.
这家工厂因向河里倾倒废物而被处以罚金。
grammar · medium
易错句子The court imposed mulct on the company.
正确表达The court imposed a mulct on the company.
mulct 是可数名词，单数形式前必须加限定词（如 a）。汉语名词没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子The regulator issued three mulct last month.
正确表达The regulator issued three mulcts last month.
mulct 的复数形式是 mulcts；英语可数名词在数词后要用复数，而汉语名词本身不改变形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子He had to pay much mulct for the violation.
正确表达He had to pay a large mulct for the violation.
mulct 是可数名词，不能用 much 修饰；表示“一大笔罚款”用 a large mulct（或 many mulcts 表示多笔罚款）。
fine 是英式、美式英语中日常通用的“罚款”，指因违规向执法或管理机构缴纳的钱；mulct 作名词是罕见的书面/法律古语，多见于旧式文本，日常几乎不用。
penalty 泛指各种处罚，可以是金钱，也可以是禁赛、扣分等其他后果；mulct 只指金钱上的罚款，且语域极窄，属旧式书面用词。
forfeit 指因违规或按规则被没收、交出的东西，常见于比赛、合同或游戏语境；mulct 特指作为惩罚上缴的金钱罚款，且为古旧书面词。
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