英语词汇“customs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

customs

/ˈkʌstəmz

plural noun

1The official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods: cocaine seizures by customs have risen this year [as modifier]: a customs officer...

Most of the money collected by customs comes from import duties on mineral fuels, petrol, gas, machinery, equipment and automobiles.
Companies must deposit the tariffs at Chinese customs in order to import the goods, the ministry said.
Career trade negotiators who set tariff rates have little contact with the customs officers who collect the money.

1.1The place at a port, airport, or frontier where officials check incoming goods, travellers, or luggage: we were through customs with a minimum of formalities...

Willie worked as a home finance adviser for Barclays Bank and used names from a database at work to help the drug smugglers get through airport customs checks.
This would have disguised the smell from dogs used by customs officials to check for drugs.
At the airport, however, there was no customs check, and there were no immigration officials.

1.2 (usually customs duties) The duties levied by a government on imported goods: an inflow of customs duties to the Treasury from 1374 Chaucer worked as controller of customs on wool in the port of London...

To make power affordable, we were expecting elimination of customs duty on import of fuels for power generation and other sops.
The customs duty on imports was at first designed only to raise revenue.
Each party is free, however, to determine unilaterally the level of customs duty on imports coming from outside the area.

Synonyms

import taxes;

duties, levies, dues, tolls, tariffs, imposts

Origin

Late Middle English: originally in the singular, denoting a customary due paid to a ruler, later duty levied on goods on their way to market.

单词	customs
释义	customs /ˈkʌstəmz / plural noun 1The official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods: cocaine seizures by customs have risen this year [as modifier]: a customs officer... Most of the money collected by customs comes from import duties on mineral fuels, petrol, gas, machinery, equipment and automobiles. Companies must deposit the tariffs at Chinese customs in order to import the goods, the ministry said. Career trade negotiators who set tariff rates have little contact with the customs officers who collect the money. 1.1The place at a port, airport, or frontier where officials check incoming goods, travellers, or luggage: we were through customs with a minimum of formalities... Willie worked as a home finance adviser for Barclays Bank and used names from a database at work to help the drug smugglers get through airport customs checks. This would have disguised the smell from dogs used by customs officials to check for drugs. At the airport, however, there was no customs check, and there were no immigration officials. 1.2 (usually customs duties) The duties levied by a government on imported goods: an inflow of customs duties to the Treasury from 1374 Chaucer worked as controller of customs on wool in the port of London... To make power affordable, we were expecting elimination of customs duty on import of fuels for power generation and other sops. The customs duty on imports was at first designed only to raise revenue. Each party is free, however, to determine unilaterally the level of customs duty on imports coming from outside the area. Synonyms import taxes; duties, levies, dues, tolls, tariffs, imposts Origin Late Middle English: originally in the singular, denoting a customary due paid to a ruler, later duty levied on goods on their way to market.
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