invest
- IPA[ɪnˈvɛst]
英式
- put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit；devote (one's time, effort, or energy) to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result
verb: invest, 3rd person present: invests, gerund or present participle: investing, past tense: invested, past participle: invested
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit the company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at Linlithglow getting workers to invest in private pension funds 同義詞
- ▪ devote (one's time, effort, or energy) to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result we have invested a considerable amount of time in demonstrating the value of the system 同義詞
- ▪ informal buy (a relatively expensive product) whose usefulness will repay the cost I invested in an expensive moisturizer and tried to drink more water
- 2. provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute) the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humour 同義詞
- ▪ formally confer a rank or office on (someone) he was invested as Head of State on 1 October 1936 同義詞
- ▪ confer a right or power on (someone or something) all executive powers were invested in the Secretary of State 同義詞
- 3. archaic clothe or cover with a garment he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling
- 4. archaic surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it Fort Pulaski was invested and captured 同義詞
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- IPA[inˈvest]
美式
- expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result by putting it into ... the company is to invest $12 million in its new manufacturing site getting workers to invest in private pension funds
Oxford American Dictionary
