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tariffs

/ˈtærɪfs/· noun

贸易/经济B2

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Chinese meaning

关税

对duì进jìn口kǒu商shāng品pǐn征zhēng收shōu的de税shuì

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他tā进jìn口kǒu桌zhuō游yóu被bèi加jiā征zhēng的de进jìn口kǒu税shuì

Example

After getting hit with tariffs for the imported board games he sells, Jonathan Silva decided to see if he could produce a version of his Monopoly game in the United States.

在他销售的进口桌游被加征关税后,乔纳森·席尔瓦决定看看能否在美国生产一个版本的大富翁游戏。

Source: NPR · 12 Jul 2026

Background ✎

一yī位wèi桌zhuō游yóu进jìn口kǒu商shāng因yīn关guān税shuì成chéng本běn上shàng升shēng,尝cháng试shì把bǎ《大dà富fù翁wēng》改gǎi在zài美měi国guó本běn土tǔ生shēng产chǎn,记jì录lù了le这zhè次cì尝cháng试shì中zhōng的de收shōu获huò与yǔ教jiào训xùn。

Roots · etymology

源自阿拉伯语 ta'rif(公告价目)经意大利语

  • tariff(关税)+ -s(复数)

Collocations

  • impose tariffs / tariffs on imports / retaliatory tariffs

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