Word · Frequency #545
taxing
对…征税；向…课税
taxing is the present participle of tax.
To impose and collect a tax on someone or something.
- 1.
To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
向(个人或公司)征税
- 2.
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
对(某物)征税
- 3.
levy a tax on
对...征税
- 4.
To make excessive demands on.
对...提出过分要求
- 5.
set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
确定(罚款等)金额
- 6.
To accuse.
指控；控告
- 7.
To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
审查账目以决定项目可否列支
给…造成沉重负担；使承受过大压力；确定（罚款等费用的）金额；指控；责备；审查（账目）并核定可否列支；向(个人或公司)征税
In use
The local government taxes every household to pay for public services.
Many countries tax alcohol and tobacco heavily.
The city council voted to tax vacant apartments to encourage owners to rent them out.
The State taxes alcohol heavily
Clothing is not taxed in our state
Verb forms
base tax · third person taxes · -ing taxing · past taxed · past participle taxed
注意：tax作动词时是规则动词。
Connections
Collocations
- tax the rich
- 对富人征税
- 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。
- tax imports
- 对进口商品征税
- 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。
- tax one's patience
- 耗尽某人的耐心
- Her constant questions began to tax my patience.她不断提问开始耗尽我的耐心。
- tax one's resources
- 消耗某人的资源
- 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。
- tax heavily
- 课以重税
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 tax 里的 x 像叉子，征税就是把钱叉走。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：government policy、public finance、news reporting 表示“向……征税”时，tax 作动词通常多用于政府政策、法律和财经报道等比较正式的书面语境；整体上接近中性，但正式色彩比口语常用词更强。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /æks/ 结尾，与 tax 押韵。注意：taxi (/ˈtæksi/) 或 Texas (/ˈtɛksəs/) 等词拼写相近，但发音不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.