1·Two and a half centuries on, most countries impose some sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco.
两个半世纪过去了，大多数国家都对烟酒征收了某种税。
2·Last Thursday, the French Senate passed a digital services tax, which would impose an entirely new tax on large multinationals that provide digital services to consumers or users in France.
上周四，法国参议院通过了一项数字服务税，将对向法国消费者或用户提供数字服务的大型跨国公司征收新税。
3·At first, with no barrier to entry, enrolment climbed, but in 1976 the city of New York, which was then in effect bankrupt, forced CUNY to impose tuition fees.
一开始，由于没有入学限制，报名上学的人数不断攀升，但到了1976年，实际上已经陷入破产困境的纽约市，逼迫城市大学征收学费。
4·This supervisory body will have an unparalleled mandate to impose large fines on print, online and broadcast media for such vague transgressions as offending "human dignity".
这一监察机关有将这种不明确的犯罪当作侵犯“人的尊严”，并向印刷，网络和广播媒体业征收巨额罚款的无比强大的权利。
5·And for the last two years or so, the mantra in Congress has been to not impose any additional or restored taxes on anyone.
过去两年左右，国会有一个魔咒，就是不要向任何人征收任何附加税或者恢复征收。