levy tax on

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He also threatened to levy punitive taxes on holdouts.
同时，他还呵斥征收惩罚性税收的不作为。
In 1354, 1372, 1459, 1487, and in 1500, the German bishops protested strongly against the attempts of the Pope to levy taxes on ecclesiastical property.
但在1354年， 1372年， 1459年， 1487年，和1500年，德国主教还是对教皇征收教属物权税的企图提出了强烈抗议。
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The finance ministers also asked the IMF to analyse in detail a proposal to levy taxes on big banks and other financial institutions to stem risk and pay for possible financial failures.
各国财长们同时也请求IMF认真考虑一项议案，让一些大银行来承担税务，和其他的金融机构来规避风险，为可能出现的财务无力偿还买单。

In that weekend deal for 10 billion euros, Cyprus would have had to agree to levy taxes on all bank accounts.
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The current moratorium doesn't apply to "telecommunications" charges and so some states have concluded they can levy taxes on DSL as well as regular voice phone service.
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One more-or-less pragmatic option would be to levy taxes on those who have jobs in order to support those who cannot work via unemployment benefits and government work.
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