invested
v. 投资,花费( invest的过去式和过去分词 ); 授予; (把资金)投入; 投入(时间、精力等)
If you invest in something, or if you invest a sum of money, you use your money in a way that you hope will increase its value, for example by paying it into a bank, or buying shares or property.
They intend to invest directly in shares...
他们打算直接投资股票。
He invested all our profits in gold shares...
他把我们所有的收益都投资在黄金股上了。
When a government or organization invests in something, it gives or lends money for a purpose that it considers useful or profitable.
...the British government's failure to invest in an integrated transport system.
英国政府未能给综合交通系统的建设投入资金
...the European Investment Bank, which invested £100 million in Canary Wharf...
向卡纳里码头投资了1亿英镑的欧洲投资银行
If you invest in something useful, you buy it, because it will help you to do something more efficiently or more cheaply.
The company invested thousands in an electronic order-control system...
公司耗资数千购买了一套电子订单管理系统。
The easiest way to make ice cream yourself is to invest in an ice cream machine.
自己制作冰激凌的最简单的办法就是买一台冰激凌机。
If you invest time or energy in something, you spend a lot of time or energy on something that you consider to be useful or likely to be successful.
I would rather invest time in Rebecca than in the kitchen.
我宁愿把时间花在丽贝卡身上也不愿花在厨房里。
If you say that someone or something is invested with a particular quality, you mean that they seem to have that quality.
The buildings are invested with a nation's history...
这些建筑承载着一个国家的历史。
A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.
沙皇曾是活着的圣像,具有深远的历史和宗教意义。
To invest someone with rights or responsibilities means to give them those rights or responsibilities legally or officially.
The constitution had invested him with certain powers.
宪法授予他某些权力。
1. officially endowed with authority or power;
The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.
航空公司投入了大笔资金购买噪音较小的新型飞机。
The company invested thousands in an electronic order-control system.
公司耗资数千购买了一套电子订单管理系统。
The constitution had invested him with certain powers.
宪法授予他某些权力。
He invested all our profits in gold shares.
他把我们所有的收益都投资在黄金股上了。
They've invested their money wisely.
他们已经把钱作了明智的投资。