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 regressive [ri'gresiv]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 后退的, 退化的, 回归的

[医] 退化的, 退行的, 消退的, 回归的

[经] 递减的(税率)




    regressive
    [ adj ]
    1. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

      2. <adj.all>
    2. opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state

      3. <adj.all>


    Regressive \Re*gress"ive\ (r?*gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F.
    r['e]gressif.]
    1. Passing back; returning.

    2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.

    {Regressive metamorphism}.
    (a) (Biol.) See {Retrogression}.
    (b) (Physiol.) See {Katabolism}.

    1. Mitchell accused Passailaigue of picking up phrases of his such as "clean, non-polluting industries" and "the regressive tax structure of South Carolina." Passailaigue rejected the copycat charge.
    2. For ideological reasons they are likely to oppose anything of a 'regressive' nature - taxes which impose a higher proportional burden on the poorer sections of the community - whether on the income or consumption tax front.
    3. More government takes more money, although he would rather not raise property taxes, which he considers regressive.
    4. The basic ethical issue of the appropriate role of government aside, my major criticism of the Social Security system has been its regressive character, and here am I providing a counter-example.
    5. One candidate is the social security tax, a regressive tax on work that will rise again next January.
    6. A number of states and countries hold lotteries, despite criticism that such games amount to a regressive tax on poor and lower middle-class people.
    7. These options emerged in an effort to find less regressive tax increases than excise-tax boosts, which initially had been considered the central revenue-raiser this year but now are likely to be only a part of the package.
    8. LOTTERIES IMPOSE a "decidely regressive" tax on bettors, a study finds.
    9. Making such circuitry mandatory "amounts to a regressive excise tax on all purchasers of television sets in order to benefit a small, albeit deserving, minority," said Thomas P. Friel, a vice president with the Electronic Industries Association.
    10. And finally, higher gasoline taxes would be regressive _ especially unfair to lower income people who spend a larger fraction of their incomes on motor fuels than do more affluent drivers.
    11. This social argument for subsidising childcare, in a way which would inevitably favour skilled women, could be economically costly and would be distributionally regressive.
    12. The governor has repeatedly relied on increases in sales taxes which are 'regressive' - in the sense that they inevitably absorb a larger proportion of the incomes of the poor than the rich.
    13. A study by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees concludes that of the 40 states and the District of Columbia with broad-based income taxes, 21 made their taxes more "regressive" in the past year.
    14. But Rep. Wright said he considered such taxes regressive because they place a larger burden on those least able to pay.
    15. Randolph Arndt, a spokesman for the National League of Cities, said the trend is disturbing because the bulk of state and local taxes, based either on sales or real estate, are more regressive than the federal sliding scale for income taxes.
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