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A new government plan to tax the rich has sparked a heated debate.

政府一项对富人征税的新计划引发了激烈辩论。

The committee proposed new measures to tax imports from non-European countries.

委员会提议采取新措施，对来自非欧洲国家的进口商品征税。

Her constant questions began to tax my patience.

她不断提问开始耗尽我的耐心。

The long drought has taxed the region's water resources severely.

长期干旱已严重消耗该地区的水资源。

These luxury goods are heavily taxed in most countries.

这些奢侈品在大多数国家被课以重税。

Waiting for the delayed flight really taxed my patience.

等待航班延误真的很考验我的耐心。

This puzzle really taxed my brain.

这个谜题真让我绞尽脑汁。

The prolonged negotiations taxed the team's resources.

漫长的谈判耗费了团队的大量资源。

John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the U.S., wrote this in the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland (1819). It is often quoted to warn against excessive taxation.

美国第四任首席大法官约翰·马歇尔在具有里程碑意义的最高法院案件麦卡洛克诉马里兰州案（1819年）中写下了这句话。人们常引用它来警示过度征税的危害。

This saying by the Irish-born British statesman Edmund Burke appears in his 1774 speech 'On American Taxation', and it is often used to explain why governments struggle to raise taxes without losing public approval.

这句话出自爱尔兰出生的英国政治家埃德蒙·伯克1774年的演讲《论美国征税》，常被用来解释为什么政府在征税时难以同时获得公众支持。