單詞
investment
英 [?n'ves(t)m(?)nt]
美[?n'v?stm?nt]
基本信息
- n. 投資；投入；封鎖
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?investments;
中文詞源
investment 投資，投入
來自invest,投資，投入。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.
- 投資可能會(huì)中斷，而這會(huì)引起經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
- 投資仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本過高。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He bought an investment property for $100,000 and put down $20,000.
- 他以10萬美元買下一處投資性地產(chǎn)，并支付了2萬美元的定金。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The job needs someone with a good track record in investment.
- 這項(xiàng)工作需要有良好投資業(yè)績(jī)的人來?yè)?dān)當(dāng)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Britain's future as a leading industrial nation depends on investment.
- 作為一個(gè)主要工業(yè)國(guó)英國(guó)的未來要倚賴投資。
來自柯林斯例句
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