Exaction

(noun.) act of demanding or levying by force or authority; 'exaction of tribute'; 'exaction of various dues and fees'.

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• He was punctilious in the exaction of this ceremony. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Paul and I did battle more than once--strong battle, with confused noise of demand and rejection, exaction and repulse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Let him name the ransom at which he rates our liberty, and it shall be paid, providing the exaction is suited to our means. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• As I read Graham's, I scarce wondered at her exaction, and understood her pride: they were fine letters--manly and fond--modest and gallant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The king had, in compliance with her exactions, cast off his old friends, but he had acquired no new ones under her guidance. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• He was weary of living in a perpetual tepid honeymoon, without the temperature of passion yet with all its exactions. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He wrote to the Directory: We will levy 20,000,000 francs in exactions in this country; it is one of the richest in the world. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The best of all was, that, in the midst of their exactions, all the sisters had a great tenderness and respect both for Sophy and Traddles. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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