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单词 over-investment
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over-investment
noun[U]
(alsooverinvestment)
uk
/ˌəʊ.vər.ɪnˈvest.mənt/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪnˈvest.mənt/

over-investmentnoun[U](MONEY)

asituationin which moremoneyisspenton something than isneededorwise:
Itbecameapparentthat there had been over-investmentincertainareasof theeconomy.
Manufacturerspersistentlyoverestimatedfuturedemand,leadingtohugeoverinvestment.
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  • Suchperiodsof over-optimism, over-borrowing and over-investment are oftenfollowedby arecession.
  • Somemajorcorporationsfailedbecause there had been over-investment and someoverlyriskyinvestments.
  • We are stillpayingthepriceformassiveoverinvestment in manysectors,especiallyproperty.
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over-investmentnoun[U](TIME/EFFORT)

asituationin which moretime,effort, etc. is used on something or someone than isneededorwise:
Emotional overinvestment is when youfocustoo much ofyourthoughtsoremotionson a thing orperson.
By the end, it'simpossibletosharein orevencomprehendtheircrazyover-investment in one another.
More examples
  • Their overinvestment intheirchildrencould be theresultofmaritaldissatisfaction.
  • They mayexperienceaconfusionbetweenweaknessandstrength, between drivenness andpassivity, and betweendetachmentand overinvestment.
  • Fetishism refers to an over-investment in astrangelyandunnaturallyattractiveobject,person, orpractice.
(Definition ofover-investmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

over-investment| Business English

over-investment
noun[U]
(alsooverinvestment)
uk
us
ECONOMICS,FINANCE
asituationin which too muchmoneyisinvestedin aparticularactivityoreconomy:
Yearsof over-investment havelefttheregionwith morefactoriesmakingchipsthan theglobaleconomycansustain.
Compare
underinvestment
(Definition ofover-investmentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofover-investment

over-investment
Earlier, regional development efforts were criticised for poor results and for leading to problems such asover-investmentin fishing vessels.
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Commodity prices went up sharply following the oil crisis, and led toover-investmenton the part of the state.
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Consequently,over-investmentin employees usually pays off.
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Yet farming profits soon disappear if there is unwise investment in buildings and, even more easily, if there isover-investmentin machinery.
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In these cases everything which accrued to us was a net benefit with no possible risks ofover-investmentby foreigners in the sterling area.
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A serious slump was on its way because ofover-investmentand misestimation of demand, and some major flag carriers were already in considerable trouble.
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Large-scale employment in heavy industry can be due toover-investmentin years gone by.
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The enormousover-investmentin that sense to meet this terribly uneconomic need for a short period of the day is bound to be formidable.
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There have been in the past fears of stop-go: fears, too, of the dangers ofover-investmentwith unsaleable production resulting from it.
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They were obsessed with the fear of inflation andover-investment, and now it is difficult to turn it on as it should be done.
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It is, of course, true, theoretically, that in the end thisover-investmentabroad may drag some exports after it.
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At present, this country has a grossover-investmentin anti-surface ship capability.
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It has currently anover-investment, an over-capacity and an employment problem.
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Therefore, if there isover-investmentin securities, the money is not being used to that extent for the proper purposes of the society.
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There can beover-investmentin capital.
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