Tuesday, June 13, 2006

impose


  •  verb
1    [T] to force people to accept a rule, a tax, your beliefs etc:
?impose sth on sb:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/rdonlyres/1E8DFB80-D120-4C6A-B2FC-17226C44EDD9/61601/B48C144A24A346609911AF5DC023AD12.jpgThey want to impose their culture on us.
You shouldn't try and impose your views on your children.
2    [I] to unreasonably ask someone to do something for you that may cause them a lot of work or trouble:
?impose on/upon:
We could ask the neighbours to help again, but I don't want to impose on them.

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