词典释义：
a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions
税。
[in sing.]
〈喻〉 负担；重负
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a heavy tax on the reader's attention. 读者注意力的一种重负。
impose a tax on (someone or something)
对…征税
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the income will be taxed at the top rate. 收入将以最高征税标准征税。
pay tax on (something, especially a vehicle)
交纳（某物，尤指车辆）税费。
figurative make heavy demands on (someone's powers or resources)
〈喻〉 耗费（某人的力量或资源）
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she knew that the ordeal to come must tax all her strength.
<Italic> 她知道要到来的苦难必定要耗费她所有的力气。</Italic>
confront (someone) with a fault or wrongdoing
指责，批评
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why are you taxing me with these preposterous allegations ?为什么你用这些荒谬的断言来指责我？
【律】 审定（诉讼费用）。
"Middle English （also in the sense ‘estimate or determine the amount of a penalty or damages'， surviving in sense 3）： from Old French
