investment

柯林斯词典

1. N-UNCOUNT Investment is the activity of investing money. 投资
He said the government must introduce tax incentives to encourage investment. 他说，政府必须通过给予税收利益来鼓励投资。
2. N-VAR An investment is an amount of money that you invest, or the thing that you invest it in. 投资额
...an investment of twenty-eight million dollars. …2800万美元的投资额。
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. 有益的购买物
When selecting boots, fine, quality leather will be a wise investment. 在挑选靴子时，买精致、质量上乘的皮靴会是明智的。
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. 我担心这么多的时间投入不起作用。

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.