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单词 underinvest
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Definition of underinvest in English:

underinvest

verbʌndərɪnˈvɛstˌəndərɪnˈvɛst
[no object]
  • Fail to invest sufficient money or resources in a project or enterprise.

    投资不足

    we persistently underinvest in historic buildings

    我们对古建筑投资长期不足。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think process control networks are an area where the public and private sector may be underinvesting.
    • First, highly variable cash flows imply that there will be periods when a firm will underinvest in worthwhile projects.
    • The equity and cash allocation means that the fund is likely to be underinvested in bonds.
    • In addition, health care has heavily underinvested in information technology compared with other enterprises.
    • The problems with the public services are that they are underinvested in, but they are also not based around the needs of the individual consumer.
    • The departments in which administrators underinvest are generally those whose faculty teach more undergraduates, but do not bring in external funds.
    • While further research is needed in every area, it is clear that the UK is currently underinvesting in interventions research.
    • Previous management had underinvested in Europe for years while waiting for a major acquisition, resulting in unsustainable earnings that would take up to three years to turn around.
    • The private sector generally underinvests in this type of R&D because it cannot capture all the benefits.
    • Mackney added, ‘If governments underinvest in education or health the service begins to suffer.’
    • And so what we have is a situation where men are really underinvesting in themselves.
    • He thinks it's an underinvested sector because the attention hasn't been there.
    • Irish businesses in general have underinvested in IT.
    • The company admitted that it has underinvested in analogue while the changeover was taking place and that this had caused some problems.
    • Supplies of many metals have been unusually tight in recent years, as miners have underinvested in or shut down production.
    • ‘The world is underinvested in innovative services that try to bring something new to consumers and to advertisers,’ Pincus says.
    • Both findings indicate that from a social standpoint the private sector underinvests in R & D, making a case for government policy measures to promote private investment in innovation.
    • Well, health care underinvests in information technology.
    • We're certainly not underinvesting in these areas.
    • We're not going to get caught underinvesting in this area.

Derivatives

  • underinvestment

  • nounˌʌndərɪnˈvɛstm(ə)ntˌəndərɪnˈvɛs(t)mənt
    • In short, the document proposes that taxpayers should not be expected to pay for years of underinvestment in a way that is unfair and hits those least able to pay most.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Firstly a chronic underinvestment in the infrastructure has resulted from falling supplier prices in the deregulated electricity market place.
      • The train system is a mess, as is the hospital and education system, due to years of underinvestment and a focus on managing perception rather than dealing with reality.
      • The trains are in disrepair after years of underinvestment.
      • In economics terms, there was substantial underinvestment, because the multiple beneficiaries of education meant that even those who could pay for it had a lower incentive to do so.

Definition of underinvest in US English:

underinvest

verbˌəndərɪnˈvɛstˌəndərinˈvest
[no object]
  • Fail to invest sufficient money or resources in a project or enterprise.

    投资不足

    we persistently underinvest in historic buildings

    我们对古建筑投资长期不足。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While further research is needed in every area, it is clear that the UK is currently underinvesting in interventions research.
    • ‘The world is underinvested in innovative services that try to bring something new to consumers and to advertisers,’ Pincus says.
    • He thinks it's an underinvested sector because the attention hasn't been there.
    • First, highly variable cash flows imply that there will be periods when a firm will underinvest in worthwhile projects.
    • The departments in which administrators underinvest are generally those whose faculty teach more undergraduates, but do not bring in external funds.
    • Previous management had underinvested in Europe for years while waiting for a major acquisition, resulting in unsustainable earnings that would take up to three years to turn around.
    • Irish businesses in general have underinvested in IT.
    • Mackney added, ‘If governments underinvest in education or health the service begins to suffer.’
    • We're certainly not underinvesting in these areas.
    • We're not going to get caught underinvesting in this area.
    • The problems with the public services are that they are underinvested in, but they are also not based around the needs of the individual consumer.
    • I think process control networks are an area where the public and private sector may be underinvesting.
    • The company admitted that it has underinvested in analogue while the changeover was taking place and that this had caused some problems.
    • In addition, health care has heavily underinvested in information technology compared with other enterprises.
    • And so what we have is a situation where men are really underinvesting in themselves.
    • The equity and cash allocation means that the fund is likely to be underinvested in bonds.
    • The private sector generally underinvests in this type of R&D because it cannot capture all the benefits.
    • Well, health care underinvests in information technology.
    • Supplies of many metals have been unusually tight in recent years, as miners have underinvested in or shut down production.
    • Both findings indicate that from a social standpoint the private sector underinvests in R & D, making a case for government policy measures to promote private investment in innovation.
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