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单词 invest
释义
invest
verb[IorT]
uk
/ɪnˈvest/us
/ɪnˈvest/
B2
to putmoney,effort,time, etc. into something to make aprofitor get anadvantage:
投（资），投入
Theinstitutewill invest five millionintheproject.该机构将在这个项目上投资500万。
He's notcertainwhether to investinthepropertymarket.他拿不定主意该不该投资房地产市场。
You have all investedsignificantamountsoftimeandenergyinmakingthisprojectthesuccessthat it is.你们都为这个项目的成功投入了大量的时间和精力。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to spend money
  • spendHow much do you intend to spend on a house?
  • payWhen you bought the tickets, how much did you pay?
  • investShe's invested all her savings in the business.
  • pay outI've just paid out £700 to get the car fixed.
  • splurgeWe've just splurged on new kitchen appliances.
  • blowWe won a £15 million settlement in court and we blew it all in six years.
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More examples
  • France and Germany investfarmorepercapitainpublictransportthanBritain.
  • There is aquirkin therulesthatallowsyou to investmoneywithoutpayingtax.
  • Deantrickedtheoldladyinto giving him £800,claimingthat he would invest it for her.
  • Thereturnon themoneywe invested was verylow.
  • By investingsmallamountsregularly, you cansmoothout theeffectsofsuddenrisesandfallsin thestockmarket.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Investing money
  • backer
  • bet
  • bet big onsomething/someoneidiom
  • capitalize
  • co-investor
  • discretionary
  • divestiture
  • divestment
  • endow
  • ethical
  • investor
  • mature
  • microfinance
  • paysomethingin
  • pension plan
  • plough
  • plough intosomething/someone
  • protect
  • pumpsomethingintosomething
  • speculate
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Phrasal verbs

invest insomething
investsomeonewithsomething
investsomeone/somethingwithsomething
(Definition ofinvestfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

invest| American Dictionary

invest
verb[I/T]
us
/ɪnˈvest/
to putmoneyoreffortinto something to make aprofitorachievearesult:
[T]Shetendsto invest a lot ofenergyin herwork.
[I]Ithinkit’stimeto invest in(=buy)a newwashingmachine.
(Definition ofinvestfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

invest| Business English

invest
verb[IorT]
uk
/ɪnˈvest/us
FINANCE
tobuysomething that youthinkwill go up invalue, forexamplesharesorproperty, inorderto make aprofit:
It's a goodtimeto invest.
invest in sthHe's notcertainwhether to invest in thepropertymarket.
invest sth in sthThefundhas invested 65% ofitsassetsinshares.
Weadviseourclientson how to investwisely.
FINANCE,BANKING
to putmoneyinto abankaccount,buyinsurance, etc. so that you canreceiveinterestor otherpayments:
invest (sth) in sthYou can invest up to £5,200 ayearin a high-interestsavingsaccount.
to putmoney,effort,time, etc. into something inordertoimproveit or get anadvantage:
invest sth in sthThecompanyplansto invest $325 million initsnewplant.
fully/heavily invested in sthGenerations ago, thegovernmentwas moreheavilyinvested inhighereducation.
investtimeandeffort/energy/moneyinsth

Phrasal verb

invest sb with sth
(Definition ofinvestfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinvest

invest
The users of the water invested the communal power with the duty of protecting them against usurpers' efforts to divert the water.
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Moreover, human individuals and institutions "invest," metaphorically, or even literally, in other individuals or institutions to enhance their own returns.
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The constant represents the expected project yield in capital (per unit invested), net of monitoring costs.
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If timber price were to fall by a third, then benefits are still comparable to half the proceeds of logging being invested.
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The material world, present or past, is imbued with social structures that peopleinvestwith social and symbolic meanings.
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The amount of time invested was left to the students' discretion and was recorded.
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Risk-free investment pays a fixed anticipated return, and the gain is simply proportional to the amount invested.
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They therefore seek toinvesteconomically more efficiently through other vehicles such as public offer funds.
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Proposals for egalitarian redistribution are frequently objected to on the grounds that they will undermine incentives to work andinvestin human capital.
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This is a very small fund, which also has only 2 % invested in equities.
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Nine of the self-harvesters believed they invested more cash in the subplot than the value of the harvest yields, and 14 believed they invested less.
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In data not shown, older women prove slightly more conservative, investing more in insurance products than men.
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Therefore, the model allows estimating farmers' economic advantages from investing in new methods through comparison of the flow of profits overtime under the two regimes.
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The access to wage labor enabled a younger generation of men toinvestprofits into new production regimes and ensure food security.
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Unfortunately, health policy analysts have been so invested in refining models of regulated competition that alternative models for organizing health care transactions are less developed.
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