levy
levy
[ˈlɛvi]
(-ies, -ied)
[with obj.]
leviable
adjective
语源
[ˈlɛvi]
(-ies, -ied)
[with obj.]
- (常作 be levied)impose (a tax, fee, or fine)
征收（税，费，罚款）
a new tax could be levied on industry to pay for cleaning up contaminated land.
为了偿付清理受污染土地所支出的费用，可能向工业机构征收新税。
■impose a tax, fee, or fine on
向…征收税（或费、罚款）
there will be powers to levy the owner.
将会有向该业主征税的职权。
■[no obj.](levy on/upon)seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgement
扣押财产（以执行判决）
there were no goods to levy upon.
没有什么值得扣押的物品。 - (archaic)enlist (someone) for military service
(古)征兵
he sought to levy one man from each vill for service.
他设法从每个村子征一个兵。
■begin to wage (war)
发动（战争）
- an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine
（税、费、罚款的）征收
police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding from local government via a levy on the rates.
地方政府地方税的49％用于资助警力。
■a tax so raised
税
■a sum collected for a specific purpose, especially as a supplement to an existing subscription
（用于特别用途，尤指现存认购额以外的）征收款
the trade-union political levy.
工会政治征收款。
■an item or set of items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgement
（为执行判决而进行的）财产扣押 - (historical)an act of enlisting troops
(史)征兵
■(常作 levies)a body of troops that have been enlisted
所征来的军队
lightly armed local levies.
配备了轻武器的地方应征部队。
leviable
adjective
语源
- Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever 'raise', from Latin levare, from levis 'light'
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