invested

英 [ɪnˈvestɪd]

美 [ɪnˈvestɪd]

v.  投资; (把资金)投入; 投入(时间、精力等)
invest的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：invested　过去式：invested　

BNC.49668 / COCA.30460

柯林斯词典

• VERB 投资
  If youinvest insomething, or if youinvesta 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.
  1. They intend to invest directly in shares...
     他们打算直接投资股票。
  2. 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。
  3. When people buy houses they're investing a lot of money.
     购买房子时,人们是在进行大笔的投资。
• VERB 出资;资助
  When a government or organizationinvests insomething, it gives or lends money for a purpose that it considers useful or profitable.
  1. ...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
  2. ...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
  3. Why does Japan invest, on average, twice as much capital per worker per year than the United States?
     为什么日本平均每年在每个工人身上的投入是美国的两倍呢？
• VERB 购买;买进
  If youinvest insomething useful, you buy it, because it will help you to do something more efficiently or more cheaply.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 投入(时间、精力)
  If youinvesttime or energyinsomething, you spend a lot of time or energy on something that you consider to be useful or likely to be successful.
  1. 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。
• VERB 赋予，使具有(某种特征)
  If you say that someone or somethingis invested witha particular quality, you mean that they seem to have that quality.
  1. The buildings are invested with a nation's history...
     这些建筑承载着一个国家的历史。
  2. 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。
• VERB 授予(某人权力、责任)
  Toinvestsomeonewithrights or responsibilities means to give them those rights or responsibilities legally or officially.
  1. The constitution had invested him with certain powers.
     宪法授予他某些权力。

双语例句

• Are you invested in a database ( and schema)?
  您是否已经投资了一个数据库（和模式）？
• The constitution had invested him with certain powers.
  宪法授予他某些权力。
• 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。
• A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches.
  一大笔资金投入了各分公司。
• But many leaders have invested their ill-gotten gains in several different countries.
  但很多领导者已把他们的非法所得投资到了几个不同的国家。
• Mindful of the needs of its students, Cardiff has invested heavily in providing new and improved residences.
  考虑到学生的需要，加的夫大学投入了巨资兴建和改善学生宿舍。
• I sold my Ferrari and invested in college funds. And now here we are.
  我卖掉了我的法拉利，投资了大学基金。
• They invested much capital in the enterprise.
  他们向企业投资了大量资金。
• Perhaps when enough bureaucratic prestige has been invested in a policy it is easier to see it fail than to abandon it.
  也许官僚们把威信押在一种政策上之后，他们就宁可看它失败，也不愿放弃它。
• We have invested a lot of time and money.
  我们已经投入了大量的时间和金钱。