excise1
noun/ˈeksaɪz/
/ˈeksaɪz/
[uncountable, countable] used especially before another noun- a government tax on some goods made, sold or used within a country
国内货物税；消费税 - new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks
低酒精饮料新的消费税 - a sharp increase in vehicle excise duty
车辆消费税急剧增加 - an excise officer (= an official whose job is to collect excise)
国内消费税务官
Extra Examples- the excise tax levied on beer and tobacco
对啤酒和烟草征收的消费税 - to increase the excise on whisky
增加威士忌消费税 - All refiners would pay an excise on each ton of crude processed.
所有炼油厂都将为每加工一吨原油缴纳消费税。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + excise- impose
- levy
- increase
- …
- duty
- tax
- licence
- …
- excise on
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘a tax or toll’): from Middle Dutch excijs, accijs, perhaps based on Latin accensare ‘to tax’, from ad- ‘to’ + census ‘tax’ (see census). - new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks