这个词的翻译很有问题。很多大词典都只有这么几个译法：影响力，杠杆。
作为动词的时候我建议翻译为：借助，凭借，凭仗，依仗，借重
某外文原稿(https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/nsx/vmware-ntt-customer-case-study.pdf)如下：我觉得使用借助，凭借更贴切。
NTT is one of the largest providers of telecommunications
services in the world. NTT leverages an extensive global
infrastructure and a Tier 1 IP backbone to deliver secure
private networks, to businesses around the world.