investment

n. 投资；投入；封锁

中文词源

investment 投资，投入

来自invest,投资，投入。

investment (n.): 1590s, "act of putting on vestments" (a sense now found in investiture); later "act of being invested with an office, right, endowment, etc." (1640s); and "surrounding and besieging of a military target" (1811); see invest + -ment. Commercial sense is from 1610s, originally of the finances of the East India Company; general use is from 1740 in the sense of "conversion of money to property in hopes of profit," and by 1837 in the sense "amount of money so invested; property viewed as a vehicle for profit." For evolution of commercial senses, see invest.

1. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.: 投资可能会中断，而这会引起经济衰退。

2. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.: 投资仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本过高。

3. He bought an investment property for $100,000 and put down $20,000.: 他以10万美元买下一处投资性地产，并支付了2万美元的定金。

4. The job needs someone with a good track record in investment.: 这项工作需要有良好投资业绩的人来担当。

5. Britain's future as a leading industrial nation depends on investment.: 作为一个主要工业国英国的未来要倚赖投资。