investment
英 [?n'ves(t)m(?)nt]
美[?n'v?stm?nt]
- n. 投资；投入；封锁
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词态变化
复数:?investments;
中文词源
investment 投资，投入
来自invest,投资，投入。
英文词源
- investment (n.)
- 1590s, "act of putting on vestments" (a sense now found in investiture); later "act of being invested with an office, right, endowment, etc." (1640s); and "surrounding and besieging of a military target" (1811); see invest + -ment. Commercial sense is from 1610s, originally of the finances of the East India Company; general use is from 1740 in the sense of "conversion of money to property in hopes of profit," and by 1837 in the sense "amount of money so invested; property viewed as a vehicle for profit." For evolution of commercial senses, see invest.
双语例句
- 1. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.
- 投资可能会中断，而这会引起经济衰退。
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- 2. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
- 投资仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本过高。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He bought an investment property for $100,000 and put down $20,000.
- 他以10万美元买下一处投资性地产，并支付了2万美元的定金。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The job needs someone with a good track record in investment.
- 这项工作需要有良好投资业绩的人来担当。
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- 5. Britain's future as a leading industrial nation depends on investment.
- 作为一个主要工业国英国的未来要倚赖投资。
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