late 14c., "action of demanding payment; imposition, requisitioning" of taxes, etc., from Old French exaccion and directly from Latin exactionem (nominative exactio) "a driving out; supervision; exaction; a tax, tribute, impost," noun of action from past participle stem of exigere (see exact (adj.)). Meaning "a tax, tribute, toll, fee," etc. is from mid-15c.
雙語例句
1. The aged leader was exhausted by the exaction of a pitiless system.
作為年邁的領導人,冷酷無情制度的苛求使他心力交瘁.
來自辭典例句
2. If he should break his day , what should I gain by the exaction of the forfeiture?
如果他到期不還我從這罰金中又能得到什么好處?
來自電影對白
3. The exaction was revived by Richard I.
這種苛捐雜稅被查理一世加以恢復.
來自互聯(lián)網
4. But his exaction of land rent from the peasants is his principal form of exploitation.