单词poll tax
na.: 人头税
人头税:
a tax that must be paid at the same rate by every person or every adult in a particular area
人头税
Laws banning file-sharing are likely to prove as unpopular as the poll tax that helped bring down the Thatcher government.
事实将证明，禁止文件共享的法律很可能会像当年促成撒切尔（Thatcher）政府下台的人头税一样不受欢迎。
A regressive tax, like the poll tax, takes proportionately more of a poor person"s income.
像人头税一样，递减税占穷人收入的比例更大。
In Mrs Thatcher"s case that came with the introduction of the poll tax and a deep economic recession.
对撒切尔夫人而言，这来自于人头税的征收和严重的经济衰退。
States cannot charge for IDs required to vote (that would be a de facto poll tax).
各州不能对选举所要求的身份证收费（那实际上可能成为投票税）。
Mistreatment by the colonial rulers and collection of a new poll tax increased tensions.
殖民统治的虐待和新的人头税增加了紧张的气氛。
The government has buckled, introducing the equivalent of a heavy poll tax on property.
希腊政府迫于压力，引入了。。。。
1964-the 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.
1964年的今天，（美国）第24条修正案--废除联邦选举中须征人头税规定，被批准。
More than 20 years after "Mr. Trout" spoke those words, the poll tax was abolished.
在楚特先生说了这些话的20年后，人头税终于被废除了。
In subsequent amendments, the ballot was extended to women and to 18-year-olds, and the poll tax abolished.
在后来的修正案中，选举权扩大到妇女和18岁公民，人头税得以废除。
Can"t pay, won"t pay, as we once said of the poll tax.
对其不能表示尊敬，也不会表示尊敬，正如我们曾经谈论人头税一样。