window tax

基本解釋

In the 17th century, many windows of large houses were walled up to avoid a window tax.
在17世紀，為避免交納窗戶稅，大房子的許多窗戶被堵住了。
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Enacted8) in England in 1696 after the short-lived hearth9) tax on fireplaces, the window tax was based on the number of windows in a house.
繼短暫推行的對壁爐征收的煙囪稅之后，英國又于1696年制定了窗戶稅，根據(jù)每棟房屋窗戶的數(shù)量來征稅。
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Having visited many more rooms than could be supposed to be of any other use than to contribute to the window-tax, and find employment for housemaids, "Now, " said Mrs.
眾人又看了許多房間．這些房間你想象不出有什么用場，只不過是多貢獻些窗戶稅①（譯注：①英國在1851年以前，曾對城鎮(zhèn)房屋的窗戶或透光孔征過稅。），讓女仆們有活可干罷了。

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