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| | to use your money with the aim of making a profit from it , for example by buying property or buying shares in a company 投资 | How much do you have to invest? 你必须投多少资？ | | +in He began investing in the stock market at an early age. 他早年时就开始投资股票。 | | invest sth in sth Banks and private individuals invested $20 million in the scheme. 银行和私人投资了2000万英镑到该方案中。 | | invest heavily (=invest a lot of money) We’ ve invested heavily in foreign markets. 大量投资；重点投资 | |
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| 1 | invest in sth: to buy something , especially something that you need and will use a lot 购买（尤指自己需要并长期使用的东西） | I think it’ s time I invested in a new computer. 我想该投资买台新计算机了。 | |
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| 2 | invest sth in doing sth: to use something such as time or effort for a particular purpose 投入（时间或精力等）做（某事） | You have to be willing to invest a lot of time in taking care of elderly parents. 你必须心甘情愿地投入大量的时间来照料年迈的双亲。 | |
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| 3 | invest in sthinvest sth in sth: to spend money on something in order to improve it or make it more successful （为改善或提高某物而）投资（某物） | This government believes in investing in education. 该政府确信投资教育有好处。 | |
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| 1 | formal to give something or someone a particular quality 赋予（某物或某人）以（某种性质） | Nature has invested these animals with a capacity for not showing fear. 自然界赋予了这些动物一种不显露恐惧的本领。 | |
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| 2 | to give a person or organization power , influence , or authority 把（权势或职权）授予（某人或某组织） | The Secret Service is invested with the authority to guard the president and his family. 特工处被授予了保卫总统及其家庭的职权。 | |
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