Tithe

(noun.) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income.

(noun.) a levy of one tenth of something.

(verb.) pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; 'Although she left the church officially, she still tithes'.

(verb.) pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; 'He tithed his income to the Church'.

(verb.) levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); 'The wool was tithed'.

(verb.) exact a tithe from; 'The church was tithed'.

校对:马蒂

• The tithe, which is but a tenth of the produce, is found to be a very great hindrance to improvement. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I should hear less grumbling when my tithe is paid. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Three sestertii equal to about sixpence sterling, was the price which the republic paid for the modius or peck of the tithe wheat of Sicily. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There are many men of equal bodily and mental vigor who have not achieved a tithe of his accomplishment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He was, however, ready for anything new or novel, and no record can ever be made or presented that would do justice to a tithe of the thoughts and fancies daily and hourly put upon the rack. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age; my father intended to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Benjamin was intended as a tithe to the Church, but the plan was abandoned because of lack of means to send him to coll ege. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Such a lady gave a neighborliness to both rank and religion, and mitigated the bitterness of uncommuted tithe. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• For the apprehension and conviction of the murderer, we offer a reward of one tithe of the property--a reward of Ten Thousand Pound. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Tithes take place in all of them, and are levied with the utmost rigour in those of Spain and Portugal. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the first place, he must make such an agreement for tithes as may be beneficial to himself and not offensive to his patron. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Led by several of the nobles, it made a clean sweep, in a series of resolutions, of serfdom, privileges, tax exemptions, tithes, feudal courts. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Looking after his tithes, hang'un (only he used the same wicked word). 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• This is Saint Andrew's day with us, we are taking our tithes. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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