poll tax

英 [ˈpəʊl tæks]

美 [ˈpoʊl tæks]

n.  人头税

Collins.2

牛津词典

noun

• 人头税
  a tax that must be paid at the same rate by every person or every adult in a particular area

英英释义

noun

• a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote

双语例句

• The poll tax, a tax of the same amount from each person, made the masses suffer untold misery and hardship.
  这种按人头征收的人头税，使得老百姓苦不堪言。
• Namely, "single whip system" and "poll tax" reform, the system reform, causes the common people to obtain the more personal freedom, was engaged in the commercial operation for them to provide the system safeguard.
  赋役制度改革，使普通百姓获得更多人身自由，为他们从事商业运营提供了制度保障。
• Ministers believed it was vital to dump the poll tax before the election.
  大臣们认为在大选前停止征收人头税至关重要。
• One of her first actions was to introduce the poll tax or community charge, a flat-rate tax for local services which was based on individuals rather than the value of the property in which they lived.
  撒切尔夫人蝉联后的首批政策之一是实施人头税，这是一种为本地服务征收的单一税。该税种基于个人，而非民众居住的房产的价值。
• The crowd chanted 'No Poll Tax', a reference to the government's new local taxation system
  人群高呼“不要人头税”，指的是政府新确立的地方税收制度。
• The imposition of a poll tax on voters
  对选举人人头税的课征
• The council tax replaces the poll tax next April.
  市政税在明年4月将取代人头税。
• My friends in New York, for example, were completely nonplussed by the poll tax references.
  比如，对于电影里提到的人头税，我在纽约的朋友们就感到一头雾水。
• Most people agreed that the poll tax was fundamentally unjust.
  大多数人认为人头税根本不合理。
• The stone crushed the head of a poet. the imposition of a poll tax on voters
  石头砸在一个诗人头上。对选举人人头税的课征