Imposing

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impose

(a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining.

(a.) Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.

(a.) Deceiving; deluding; misleading.

(n.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.

校对:菲利斯

• The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I exclaimed, as I looked round; for I had never before seen any half so imposing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It was impossible to see this grand and imposing sight, and not to feel its singleness, if we may so speak. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I am surprised to find him a meeker man than I had thought, and less imposing in appearance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I was convinced upon this return trip that there was a future for the horseless carriage, although I did not at that time expect it to be so brilliant and imposing. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Riviere had succeeded in imposing himself: Archer, reddening slightly, dropped into his chair again, and signed to the young man to be seated. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It was not a very good day for a visit, he said; he would have preferred the first day of term; but it was imposing, it was imposing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I think that we are now sufficiently imposing to strike terror into a guilty breast. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The imposing stupendous bulk of this material has unconsciously influenced men's notions of the nature of knowledge itself. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• At the distance of a few miles the Pyramids rising above the palms, looked very clean-cut, very grand and imposing, and very soft and filmy, as well. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But what shall we think of a governor playing such pitiful tricks, and imposing so grossly upon a poor ignorant boy! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Few people had discovered some cowardice and much infirmity of purpose under this imposing exterior. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Imposing on you to give their Grubbers nothing but blame, and to give them nothing but credit! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Reason first appears in possession of the throne, prescribing laws, and imposing maxims, with an absolute sway and authority. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• This faith gives a solemnity to his reveries that render them to me almost as imposing and interesting as truth. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The world is blinded by his fortune and consequence, or frightened by his high and imposing manners, and sees him only as he chooses to be seen. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Well, that 'ud be imposing, too, on Tellson's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The Sphynx is grand in its loneliness; it is imposing in its magnitude; it is impressive in the mystery that hangs over its story. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• During this time Governor Denny assented to a law imposing a tax, in which no discrimination was made in favour of the estates of the Penn family. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• How imposing the Louvre is, and yet how small! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• If you should have any reason for imposing conditions upon me, I will respect it without asking what it is. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He closed his book hastily; and was at once ushered into the imposing presence of the renowned Mr. Fang. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• His clothes were shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but the very exceptional. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Most of the Parthenon's imposing columns are still standing, but the roof is gone. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Everything appeared very stately and imposing to me; but then I was so little accustomed to grandeur. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He was a man of about fifty, tall, portly, and imposing, with a massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• They were not lofty, but having no rivals near, they looked well and imposing where they grew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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