(-ies, -ied)with obj.
1
- （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, 可能会向工业部门征收新税.
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- 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。
2
- 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。
2.1
- begin to wage (war)发动（战争）。
(pl.-ies)
1
- an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine（税, 费或罚款的）征收：
police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding from local government via a levy on the rates.
警察部队的资金49％来自地方政府所征收的企业地价税。
1.1
- a tax so raised征得的税。
1.2
- 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。
1.3
- 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。
2
- historical an act of enlisting troops〈史〉征兵。
2.1
- （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。
派生词
leviable
adjective词源
Middle English (as a noun)： from Old French levee， feminine past participle of lever 'raise'， from Latin levare, from levis 'light'.