invested
v. 投資,花費( invest的過去式和過去分詞 ); 授予; (把資金)投入; 投入(時間、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...
他們打算直接投資股票。
He invested all our profits in gold shares...
他把我們所有的收益都投資在黃金股上了。
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.
英國政府未能給綜合交通系統的建設投入資金
...the European Investment Bank, which invested £100 million in Canary Wharf...
向卡納裡碼頭投資了1億英鎊的歐洲投資銀行
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...
公司耗資數千購買了一套電子訂單管理系統。
The easiest way to make ice cream yourself is to invest in an ice cream machine.
自己製作冰激凌的最簡單的辦法就是買一臺冰激凌機。
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.
我寧願把時間花在麗貝卡身上也不願花在廚房裡。
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...
這些建築承載著一個國家的歷史。
A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.
沙皇曾是活著的聖像,具有深遠的歷史和宗教意義。
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.
憲法授予他某些權力。
1. officially endowed with authority or power;
The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.
航空公司投入了大筆資金購買噪音較小的新型飛機。
The company invested thousands in an electronic order-control system.
公司耗資數千購買了一套電子訂單管理系統。
The constitution had invested him with certain powers.
憲法授予他某些權力。
He invested all our profits in gold shares.
他把我們所有的收益都投資在黃金股上了。
They've invested their money wisely.
他們已經把錢作了明智的投資。