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 opinion poll will take the pulse ofthe nation to find out whether people will accept the new tax.
  这次民意测验将探测全国的意向，看人民是否会接受新税。
• The content of taxation in Qing Dynasty consisted in basically poll tax and tax of grain on land.
  丁银和地粮是清代赋税的基本内容。
• 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。
• We already have files on people's tax details, mortgages and poll tax
  我们已经建立了人们纳税详情、抵押贷款以及人头税的档案。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 council tax replaces the poll tax next April.
  市政税在明年4月将取代人头税。