fiscal: [16] Latin fiscus originally denoted a ‘small rush basket’, used for example for keeping olives in. Evidently, though, the main purpose to which it was put was as a purse, for it soon acquired the figurative sense ‘public purse, public revenue’. Hence the adjective fiscālis ‘of the imperial treasury’, which passed into English via French fiscal.
fiscal (adj.)
1560s, "pertaining to public revenue," from Middle French fiscal, from Late Latin fiscalis "of or belonging to the state treasury," from Latin fiscus "state treasury," originally "money bag, purse, basket made of twigs (in which money was kept)," which is of unknown origin. The etymological notion is of the public purse. The general sense of "financial" (1865, American English) was abstracted from phrases fiscal calendar, fiscal year, etc. Related: Fiscally.
双语例句
1. The party was torn apart by wrangles over fiscal policy.
该党内部因为在财政政策上争执不休而出现了分裂。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster.
政府把自己推向了财政危机的边缘。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.
增税是一项重要的财政政策.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. So, how are monetary and fiscal policies used in the United States?
美国货币和财政政策到底是怎样运作的?
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
5. Yet there are also problems associated with the use of fiscal policy.