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VERB
投資
If you invest in something, or if you invest a sum of money, you use your money in a way that you hope will increase its value, for example by paying it into a bank, or buying shares or property.
例句
They intend to invest directly in shares...
他們打算直接投資股票。
He invested all our profits in gold shares...
他把我們所有的收益都投資在黃金股上了。
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VERB
出資;資助
When a government or organization invests in something, it gives or lends money for a purpose that it considers useful or profitable.
例句
...the British government's failure to invest in an integrated transport system.
英國政府未能給綜合交通系統(tǒng)的建設(shè)投入資金
...the European Investment Bank, which invested ￡100 million in Canary Wharf...
向卡納里碼頭投資了1億英鎊的歐洲投資銀行
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VERB
購買;買進(jìn)
If you invest in something useful, you buy it, because it will help you to do something more efficiently or more cheaply.
例句
The company invested thousands in an electronic order-control system...
公司耗資數(shù)千購買了一套電子訂單管理系統(tǒng)。
The easiest way to make ice cream yourself is to invest in an ice cream machine.
自己制作冰激凌的最簡單的辦法就是買一臺冰激凌機(jī)。
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VERB
投入(時(shí)間、精力)
If you invest time or energy in something, you spend a lot of time or energy on something that you consider to be useful or likely to be successful.
例句
I would rather invest time in Rebecca than in the kitchen.
我寧愿把時(shí)間花在麗貝卡身上也不愿花在廚房里。
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VERB
賦予，使具有(某種特征)
If you say that someone or something is invested with a particular quality, you mean that they seem to have that quality.
例句
The buildings are invested with a nation's history...
這些建筑承載著一個(gè)國家的歷史。
A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.
沙皇曾是活著的圣像,具有深遠(yuǎn)的歷史和宗教意義。
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VERB
授予(某人權(quán)力、責(zé)任)
To invest someone with rights or responsibilities means to give them those rights or responsibilities legally or officially.
例句
The constitution had invested him with certain powers.
憲法授予他某些權(quán)力。