invest
英 [?n'vest]
美[?n'v?st]
- vt. 投資；覆蓋；耗費(fèi)；授予；包圍
- vi. 投資，入股；花錢(qián)買(mǎi)
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?invests;過(guò)去式:?invested;過(guò)去分詞:?invested;現(xiàn)在分詞:?investing;
中文詞源
invest 投資，投入
in-,進(jìn)入，使，-vest,衣服，詞源同wear,vest.來(lái)自衣服的象征意義，特別是來(lái)自1610年大英帝國(guó)東印度公司，即使錢(qián)換一種形式，給錢(qián)改頭換面，讓投入的錢(qián)產(chǎn)生利潤(rùn)，通過(guò)購(gòu)買(mǎi)股份的方式參與東印度公司的投資。
英文詞源
- invest
- invest: [16] The etymological notion underlying invest is of ‘putting on clothes’. It comes via Old French investir from Latin investīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- and vestis ‘clothes’ (source of English vest, vestment, travesty, etc). It retained that original literal sense ‘clothe’ in English for several centuries, but now it survives only in its metaphorical descendant ‘instal in an office’ (as originally performed by clothing in special garments).
Its financial sense, first recorded in English in the early 17th century, is thought to have originated in Italian investire from the idea of dressing one’s capital up in different clothes by putting it into a particular business, stock, etc.
=> travesty, vest, vestment - invest (v.)
- late 14c., "to clothe in the official robes of an office," from Latin investire "to clothe in, cover, surround," from in "in, into" (see in- (2)) + vestire "to dress, clothe" (see wear (v.)). The meaning "use money to produce profit" first attested 1610s in connection with the East Indies trade, and is probably a borrowing of Italian investire (13c.) from the same Latin root, via the notion of giving one's capital a new form. The military meaning "to besiege" is from c. 1600. Related: Invested; investing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They would have to offer cast-iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.
- 他們需提供絕對(duì)可靠的擔(dān)保，才能投資長(zhǎng)期項(xiàng)目。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Business is booming and foreigners are scrambling to invest.
- 商業(yè)繁榮，外國(guó)人爭(zhēng)相投資。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. She wanted to set up her own company to invest in films.
- 她想成立自己的公司投資電影。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He urged US executives to invest billions of dollars in his country.
- 他力勸美國(guó)公司的高管們向他的國(guó)家投資數(shù)十億美元。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. To get the most out of your money, you have to invest.
- 要想把錢(qián)的收益最大化，就必須投資。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句