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in·vest /ɪnˈvest/ vt. | vi.
❶ vt.
1. 投(资)
He invested his ＄100,000 in a business enterprise. 他将自己的10万美元投资于企业。
He invested his savings in stocks and bonds. 他用存款购买股票及公债。
2. 耗费，投入(时间、金钱、精力等) (in)
invest years of effort in a project 为某一项目耗费多年的精力
The author has invested maybe a year in writing the book. 作者写这本书大约已花了一年的时间。
She invested all her love in her younger sister. 她把自己全部的爱倾注在妹妹身上。
She invested her future in the drunken oaf. 她把自己的未来全托付给了这个酒鬼糊涂虫。
3. 覆盖，笼罩；给…披上 (with)
Fog invests the city. 迷雾笼罩全城。
Spring invests the trees with leaves. 春天给树木披上绿叶。
4. 授以 (with)
The president is invested with certain important political powers. 总统被授于某些政治大权。
5. 赋予；使充满；赋有 (with)
invest sb. with legal rights 给某人合法的权利
The palace was invested with glamour and romance. 这座宫殿充满了魅力和浪漫气息。
His whole life was invested with a new significance. 他的全部生活有了新的意义。
6. (以正规仪式)使就职
A queen was invested by being crowned. 女王加冕登基。
He is officially invested as prince and heir to the throne. 他被正式册立为王子和王位继承人。
7. 〈古〉【军】包围；围攻
The enemy invested the city. 敌人包围了这个城市。
8. 〈古〉打扮；给…穿衣
❷ vi.
1. 投资，入股 (in)
2. 运用，利用 (in)
invest in a phone call to find it out 打个电话探明底细
3. 〈口〉花钱买 (in)
invest in the equipment 买进设备
4. 花篇幅 (in)
The document invests heavily in policies of further nationalisation. 这文件花大量篇幅阐明进一步实行国有化的各项政策。
[< ML investīre to clothe < IN-¹ + L vestīre < vestis garment] |