investment

柯林斯词典

1. N-UNCOUNT Investment is the activity of investing money. 投資
He said the government must introduce tax incentives to encourage investment. 他說，政府必須通過給予稅收利益來鼓勵投資。
2. N-VAR An investment is an amount of money that you invest, or the thing that you invest it in. 投資額
...an investment of twenty-eight million dollars. …2800萬美元的投資額。
3. N-COUNT If you describe something you buy as an investment, you mean that it will be useful, especially because it will help you to do a task more cheaply or efficiently. 有益的購買物
When selecting boots, fine, quality leather will be a wise investment. 在挑選靴子時，買精致、質量上乘的皮靴會是明智的。
4. N-UNCOUNT Investment of time or effort is the spending of time or effort on something in order to make it a success. 投入
I worry about this big investment of time not working. 我擔心這麽多的時間投入不起作用。

If the factory closes , that will be a million pounds ' worth of investment down the drain .
We are looking for exponential growth in our investment.
A mixture of selected funds is an optimum choice for future security and return on investment.
People are worried about inflation biting into their savings and investments.