In fact, when you break a role or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over.

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英语六级真题

The very process imposed a limitation on the quantity of materials copied.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

If no penalty is imposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.

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Such was the case in the early 1990s when Sears imposed a sales quota on its auto repair staff.

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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

强制实行;强加

If you impose something on people, you use your authority to force them to accept it.
例句
Britain imposed fines on airlines which bring in passengers without proper papers... 英国会对运载证件不齐全的乘客进入国内的航空公司课以罚款。 Many companies have imposed a pay freeze... 许多公司已经强制冻结了工资。
VERB

把(看法、信仰)强加(于…)

If you impose your opinions or beliefs on other people, you try and make people accept them as a rule or as a model to copy.
例句
Parents of either sex should beware of imposing their own tastes on their children. 父母双方都应切记不要把自己的喜好强加给孩子。
VERB

使遭受，使承受(压力、痛苦等)

If something imposes strain, pressure, or suffering on someone, it causes them to experience it.
例句
The filming imposed an additional strain on her. 拍摄任务使她承受了格外大的压力。 ...the pressures imposed upon teachers by ceaseless curriculum reforms. 无休止的课程改革使教师承受的压力
VERB

把…硬加给;把…强塞给;勉强(某人)做事

If someone imposes on you, they unreasonably expect you to do something for them which you do not want to do.
例句
I was afraid you'd simply feel we were imposing on you... 我担心你会觉得我们是在勉强你。 'Mum thinks I should stop imposing on your hospitality, Leo,' said Grace. “利奥,我妈妈觉得我不应该再在这儿麻烦你了，”格雷丝说。
VERB

使打扰;使硬缠

If someone imposes themselves on you, they force you to accept their company although you may not want to.
例句
I didn't want to impose myself on my married friends. 我不想打扰自己已婚的朋友。

英汉词典释义

vt.
强迫, 强加, 迫使, 把…强加于
Overcrowding imposes mental strains. 过度拥挤使精神紧张。
课税, 惩罚
The magistrate imposed a fine. 治安法官课以罚款。
加(负担等)于；征(税)；罚(款)(常与on，upon连用)
to impose duties on imported wines 向进口酒征税
vi.
利用, 占便宜; 欺骗
He imposed himself as their leader. 他自封为他们的领袖。

英英词典释义

Verb
1. compel to behave in a certain way;
"Social relations impose courtesy"
2. impose something unpleasant;
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
3. impose and collect;
"levy a fine"

行业词典

法律：征收；强迫；