The Inland Revenue have sent me a tax bill for more than a hundred pounds, but they can't get blood out of a stone because I just haven't got the money.
国内税务署寄给我一张100多英镑的税单, 不过他们不可能从石头里榨出油来, 因为我并没有那么多钱。
The tax authorities averaged his profit out at 3000 a year over 5 years.
税务局算出他5年的平均利润为每年3000英镑.
As a rule of thumb, a one-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax raises$1 billion. Oil producers in President-elect Bush's adopted state of Texas, however, would rather see a tax on imported crude oil.
一般情形是, 每加仑加汽油一分钱的税可以征收10亿元。可是, 在布什第二家乡德克萨斯州的产油商宁愿看见在进口原油上征税。
