excise

excise

英 ['eksaɪz]
　　美 [ɛk'saɪz]

vt. 切除；收稅
　　n. 消費稅；貨物稅

中文詞源：

excise 消費稅

來自拉丁語accensum, 評估，估稅，來自詞根cens,評估，審查，詞源同census. 因詞義與excise有所重合，因而拼寫受excise影響俗化。

excise 切除，刪除

ex-, 向外。-cis, 砍，切，詞源同decide, circumcise.

例句：

1. They are pressing the Chancellor to reduce excise duty on beer.
他們正給總理施壓，要求降低啤酒的消費稅。

2. new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks
低酒精飲料新的消費稅

3. Customs and excise receipts rose 2.5 per cent.
關稅及消費稅收入提高瞭2.5%.

4. New car buyers and smokers will be hit by increases in taxes and excise.
稅率和消費稅的提高將使新車買主和煙民受到打擊。

5. Hardly had he returned to London than an anonymous well-wisher called to say he was about to be raided by Customs & Excise.
他剛回到倫敦，就有一個不願透露姓名的好心人打來電話說，他即將面臨海關的突擊檢查。