Imposing

例句/造句/用法:

• The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
• I exclaimed, as I looked round; for I had never before seen any half so imposing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• It was impossible to see this grand and imposing sight, and not to feel its singleness, if we may so speak. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
• I am surprised to find him a meeker man than I had thought, and less imposing in appearance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• I was convinced upon this return trip that there was a future for the horseless carriage, although I did not at that time expect it to be so brilliant and imposing. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• Riviere had succeeded in imposing himself: Archer, reddening slightly, dropped into his chair again, and signed to the young man to be seated. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
• It was not a very good day for a visit, he said; he would have preferred the first day of term; but it was imposing, it was imposing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• I think that we are now sufficiently imposing to strike terror into a guilty breast. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
• The imposing stupendous bulk of this material has unconsciously influenced men's notions of the nature of knowledge itself. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
• At the distance of a few miles the Pyramids rising above the palms, looked very clean-cut, very grand and imposing, and very soft and filmy, as well. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• But what shall we think of a governor playing such pitiful tricks, and imposing so grossly upon a poor ignorant boy! 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
• Few people had discovered some cowardice and much infirmity of purpose under this imposing exterior. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
• Imposing on you to give their Grubbers nothing but blame, and to give them nothing but credit! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• Reason first appears in possession of the throne, prescribing laws, and imposing maxims, with an absolute sway and authority. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
• This faith gives a solemnity to his reveries that render them to me almost as imposing and interesting as truth. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
• The world is blinded by his fortune and consequence, or frightened by his high and imposing manners, and sees him only as he chooses to be seen. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
• Well, that 'ud be imposing, too, on Tellson's. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
• The Sphynx is grand in its loneliness; it is imposing in its magnitude; it is impressive in the mystery that hangs over its story. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• During this time Governor Denny assented to a law imposing a tax, in which no discrimination was made in favour of the estates of the Penn family. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
• How imposing the Louvre is, and yet how small! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• If you should have any reason for imposing conditions upon me, I will respect it without asking what it is. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• He closed his book hastily; and was at once ushered into the imposing presence of the renowned Mr. Fang. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
• His clothes were shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but the very exceptional. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
• Most of the Parthenon's imposing columns are still standing, but the roof is gone. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• Everything appeared very stately and imposing to me; but then I was so little accustomed to grandeur. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
• He was a man of about fifty, tall, portly, and imposing, with a massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
• They were not lofty, but having no rivals near, they looked well and imposing where they grew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.

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