customs

英 [ˈkʌstəmz]

美 [ˈkʌstəmz]

n.  (政府部门)海关; (港口或机场的)海关; 关税; 进口税
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牛津词典

noun

• （政府部门）海关
  the government department that collects taxes on goods bought and sold and on goods brought into the country, and that checks what is brought in
  1. The Customs have seized large quantities of smuggled heroin.
     海关查获了大量走私的海洛因。
  2. a customs officer
     海关官员
• （港口或机场的）海关
  the place at a port or an airport where your bags are checked as you come into a country
  1. to go through customs and passport control
     通过海关和交验护照
• 关税；进口税
  the taxes that must be paid to the government when goods are brought in from other countries
  1. to pay customs on sth
     为某物缴纳关税
  2. customs duty/duties
     进口税

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER 海关(部门)
  Customsis the official organization responsible for collecting taxes on goods coming into a country and preventing illegal goods from being brought in.
  1. ...components similar to those seized by British customs.
     与英国海关截获的那些物品相似的部件
  2. ...customs officers.
     海关官员
• N-UNCOUNT 海关
  Customsis the place where people arriving from a foreign country have to declare goods that they bring with them.
  1. He walked through customs.
     他步行通过海关。
• (税收)海关的，进出口的
  Customsduties are taxes that people pay for importing and exporting goods.
• See also:custom

英英释义

noun

• money collected under a tariff
  Synonym:customs dutycustomimpost

双语例句

• You must go through customs in order to pass across the border.
  你要过境，就必须在海关办理手续。
• For years he has been smuggling watches through customs.
  多年来他一直夹带手表过海关。
• Protestors banged on the sides of the lorry and broke customs seals on the doors.
  抗议者们猛砸卡车的侧面，并且撕掉了车门上的海关封条。
• He must be a newcomer to town and he obviously didn't understand our local customs
  他一定是刚到镇上来的，明显不了解我们这儿的风俗。
• They are whisked through the immigration and customs formalities in a matter of minutes.
  给他们办理入境和通关手续只用了短短几分钟时间。
• On the customs declaration, the sender labeled the freight as agricultural machinery
  在报关单上，寄货人将货物列为农用机械。
• They will campaign for the return of traditional lands and respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
  他们会争取讨回世代相传的土地，并要求尊重土著居民的权利和风俗。
• I hate to see these old customs.
  我看不惯这些旧习惯。
• Similar customs were known in widely divergent cultures such as Ancient Egypt and Scandinavia.
  在大不相同的文化中有一些相似的习俗，比如古埃及和斯堪的纳维亚之间。
• The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers
  就在海关关员检查一个60艘油轮的船队时，事情发生了。