Who would buy a television licence? In Britain, fewer do. Subscriptions for the £180 ($245) annual levy(征收的费用；税款), required to watch broadcasters and the BBC’s iPlayer, fell to 23.2m in 2025, the eighth straight year of decline. The dearth(缺乏；不足) is caused partly by viewers moving to platforms such as Netflix. But outright evasion(逃避；规避) is growing.
谁会买电视牌照？在英国，买的人越来越少。观看广播公司节目和BBC iPlayer所需的每年180英镑（245美元）的牌照费，其订阅量在2025年降至2320万，连续第八年下降。这种短缺部分源于观众转向Netflix等平台。但 outright 逃避行为正在增加。
For who today feels much deference(尊重；顺从) towards a broadcaster that often tumbles into scandal? The estimated evasion rate has risen from 5.2% in 2010 to 11.9% today. Around half of those registering as not needing a licence do so incorrectly, the bbc reckon(估计；认为)s. These days, shrugs a corporation boss, people simply do not answer the door to licence-fee enforcer(执法者；执行者)s.
如今谁还会对一家频频陷入丑闻的广播公司心怀敬意？估计的逃避率已从2010年的5.2%上升至今天的11.9%。BBC估计，登记为“不需要牌照”的人中约有一半是错误登记。如今，一位公司老板耸耸肩说，人们干脆不给牌照费执法员开门。
Britons are shun(回避；躲避)ning obligations that used to be deem(认为；视为)ed civic duties(公民义务) (see chart 1). Rates of non-compliance(不遵守；违规) have grown across everyday responsibilities, such as paying local taxes, responding to official surveys and sending children to school. Similar trends can be seen across Europe and America.
英国人正在回避那些曾被视为公民义务的责任（见图1）。在纳税、回应官方调查、送孩子上学等日常责任中，不遵守规定的比例都在上升。类似的趋势在欧洲和美国也能看到。
