impose

• vi. 利用する；欺く；影響を及ぼす
• 課す；課税する；...によって欺く

im-、入る、作る、-pos、置く、語源的にはposition、composeと同じ。すなわち、置く、押す、派生的に課す、課す。

impose (v.)

late 14c., "to lay (a crime, etc.) to the account of," from Old French imposer "put, place; impute, charge, accuse" (c. 1300), from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + poser "put, place" (see pose (v.1)). Sense of "to lay on as a burden" first recorded 1580s. Related: Imposed; imposing.

1. I didn 't want to impose myself on my married friends.

既婚の友人の邪魔をしたくない。

2.The law should impose penalties on companies that use energy wastefully.

法律はエネルギーを浪費する会社を厳罰に処すべきである。

3.The House voted to impose a one-year moratorium on nuclear testing.

衆議院投票で核実験を1年間停止する。

4.The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes.

裁判所は、いくつかの罪で犯罪者に死刑を言い渡す権利がある。

5.to impose a penalty

罰を与える