levy on (或 upon)

• • 向…征税，向…征收罚款：

    We should levy a heavy tax on the wealthy men.

    我们应该向富人征重税。

  • 扣押(财产、产业等)：

    They decided to levy on his property to pay his debts.

    他们决定扣押他的财产以偿付他的债务。

  • 从…提取(或汲取)食物(或资源)等：

    He has levied heavily on the memory of the veterans in writing the history of the war.

    在编写战史时他从老兵们的回忆中获得了大量材料。