ratepayers

ratepayers

美 ['reɪt.peɪər] 　英 ['reɪt.peɪə(r)]

• n.地方税纳税人
• 网络差饷缴纳人；差饷估值租金；地方纳税人

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英汉解释

n.

1. 地方税纳税人

英英解释

n.	1. somebody who pays for the use of a utility such as electricity or water based on the amount consumed 2. formerly, somebody who paid a tax to a local authority, based on the value of his or her dwelling 3. someone who had to pay rateslocal taxes in the UK before 1990

例句

The mothballing of the Satsop nuclear project was such a debacle, the region's electric ratepayers are still paying for it.

萨特索普核电站的封存是一个大灾难，至今，该地区的电力用户们仍然在为此付出代价。

White seemed more interested in defending the utility's effort to soak Arkansas ratepayers than protecting them from a conflict of interest.

怀特似乎更感兴趣的是为公用事业公司敲纳税人竹杠的行为辩护，而不是在利益冲突中保护他们。

Rules for allocating a project's costs burden local ratepayers rather than distant beneficiaries.

项目成本分配规则主要加赋于本地纳税人，而非远方的受益者。

That we ratepayers have to keep paying the burdensome interest.

我们这些纳税人还得为它继续支付利息，想到这一点人人感到非常郁闷。

But latelast month, the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission rejected the deal as too expensive for ratepayers, who would bear the cost.

但是，上月末，罗德岛公共事业委员会驳回了该协议，因为它对将承担费用的纳税人来说过于昂贵。

Ratepayers bore well over $200 billion (in today's dollars) in cost overruns for completed nuclear plants.

电费缴纳人会为那些完工的核电站承担超过2000万（现在的美元）的成本超支。

Rebel ratepayers have occupied the town hall .

造反派的纳税人已占领了市政大厅。

Epsom & Ewell Residents and Ratepayers' Association

Epsom和Ewell区居民及纳税人协会