Exaction
[ig'zækʃәn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) act of demanding or levying by force or authority; 'exaction of tribute'; 'exaction of various dues and fees'.
格雷西校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
(n.) That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
整理:诺拉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Extortion.[2]. Contribution (demanded), tribute.
艾达校對
例句/造句/用法:
- He was punctilious in the exaction of this ceremony. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Paul and I did battle more than once--strong battle, with confused noise of demand and rejection, exaction and repulse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Let him name the ransom at which he rates our liberty, and it shall be paid, providing the exaction is suited to our means. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- As I read Graham's, I scarce wondered at her exaction, and understood her pride: they were fine letters--manly and fond--modest and gallant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The king had, in compliance with her exactions, cast off his old friends, but he had acquired no new ones under her guidance. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- He was weary of living in a perpetual tepid honeymoon, without the temperature of passion yet with all its exactions. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He wrote to the Directory: We will levy 20,000,000 francs in exactions in this country; it is one of the richest in the world. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The best of all was, that, in the midst of their exactions, all the sisters had a great tenderness and respect both for Sophy and Traddles. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
校對:罗杰