Sumptuary

(adj.) regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior; 'sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots'; 'sumptuary laws forbidding gambling' .

安东录入

• When it tries to do so by sumptuary legislation, nothing but mischief is invoked. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This is a sumptuary law, too, restraining the luxury and extravagance of the poor. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Thirdly, such taxes would operate less as sumptuary laws. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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