Levy
['levɪ] or ['lɛvi]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of drafting into military service.
(noun.) a charge imposed and collected.
(verb.) impose and collect; 'levy a fine'.
弗洛伊德手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
(n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
(n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
(n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
(v. t.) To raise, as a siege.
(v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
(v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
(v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
(v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
(v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
整理:莫尼卡
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Raise, muster, call together.[2]. Collect, gather.
校對:玛吉
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Raise, impose, muster, exact
ANT:Forego, surrender, reimburse, repay, liquidate
手打:鲁迪
解釋/意思:
v.t. to raise: to collect by authority as an army or a tax:—pr.p. lev′ying; pa.t. and pa.p. lev′ied.—n. the act of collecting by authority: the troops so collected.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The army he found in Macedonia consisted of a general foot levy and a noble equestrian order called the companions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The customs officers immediately began to levy the duty on the products of Arkwright’s mills, claiming that the goods were in reality calicoes, although they were made in England. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- After all, our little piratical excursions are very innocent—no bloodshed—no violence—no burning of houses; we—we only levy toll, so to speak. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- From others he demands a certain sum, but leaves it to the states of each province to assess and levy that sum as they think proper. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- His plan was to levy a direct tax upon the separate states, and collect, at the ports left open to trade, a duty on all imports. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- They levy this composition in what manner they please, generally in a way that gives no interruption to the interior commerce of the place. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The duties of excise are, upon this account, more unpopular than those of the customs; and so are the officers who levy them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Capitation taxes are levied at little expense; and, where they are rigorously exacted, afford a very sure revenue to the state. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The vingtieme seems not to have raised the rate of those annuities, though it is exactly levied upon them all. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- By means of this system, there is annually levied in Great Britain, upon less than eight millions of people, more than ten millions of revenue. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In France, the duties upon tobacco and salt are levied in this manner. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This great revenue, too, might be levied without the appointment of a single new officer to collect and receive it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Upon such a fund, no more money would probably be advanced than what the tax to be levied in Great Britain might be supposed to answer for. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He began to order new levies and gather fresh armies amidst the wreckage of his world empire. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In some provinces of France, the king not only imposes what taxes he thinks proper, but assesses and levies them in the way he thinks proper. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- For many such purposes gangs of captives were cheaper and far more controllable than levies of the king's own people. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Scotch revolted, and the English levies Charles raised to fight them mutinied. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He commanded an admirable army, against which the comparatively inexpert Roman levies could at first do little. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In addition to this, the new levies of troops that were being raised in the North-west went to Thomas as rapidly as enrolled and equipped. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- His army was just such another composite host as Darius had led into Thrace or Alexander defeated at Issus; it was a medley of levies. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He entertained the notion of making the use of gas and coke compulsory, by levying a tax on all who obstinately refused to adopt what would be so much to their own advantage. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The other most obvious explanation is that the child has been kidnapped for the purpose of levying ransom. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The best and most frugal way of levying a tax can never be by farm. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It might, too, be a good deal more expensive in the levying. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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