[mass noun]the action or process of imposing something or of being imposed 强加,强迫接受;被强加 the imposition of martial law. 戒严法的强行实施。
a thing that is imposed, in particular 强加物,尤指 ■an unfair or resented demand or burden 强求;负担 ■a tax or duty 税,关税 ■an unsuitable addition to an artistic work or similar (艺术品等的)多余之处
[mass noun](Printing)the imposing of pages of type (印刷)(活字页)拼版 ■[count noun]a particular arrangement of imposed pages 某种拼版页排列 some samples of 16-page impositions. 16页拼版的一些样本。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin impositio(n-), from the verb imponere (see impose)