英语词汇“invest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

in·vest

(ĭn-vĕst)

v. in·vest·ed, in·vest·ing, in·vests

v.tr.

1. To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds.

a. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education.

b. To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit: "Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are" (Shana Alexander).

3. To endow with authority or power: The Constitution invests Congress with the power to make laws.

4. To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor.

5. To provide with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face / Imperfectly beheld" (Emily Dickinson).

6. Archaic

a. To clothe; adorn.

b. To cover completely; envelop.

c. To surround with troops or ships; besiege.

v.intr.

1. To make investments or an investment: invest in real estate.

2. To purchase with the expectation of benefit: We decided to invest in a new car.

[From Italian investire and from French investir, both from Latin investīre, to clothe, surround : in-, in; see IN-² + vestīre, to clothe (from vestis, clothes; see wes-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]

in·vesta·ble, in·vesti·ble adj.

in·vestor n.

单词	invest
释义	in·vest (ĭn-vĕst) v. in·vest·ed, in·vest·ing, in·vests v.tr. 1. To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds. 2. a. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education. b. To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit: "Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are" (Shana Alexander). 3. To endow with authority or power: The Constitution invests Congress with the power to make laws. 4. To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor. 5. To provide with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face / Imperfectly beheld" (Emily Dickinson). 6. Archaic a. To clothe; adorn. b. To cover completely; envelop. c. To surround with troops or ships; besiege. v.intr. 1. To make investments or an investment: invest in real estate. 2. To purchase with the expectation of benefit: We decided to invest in a new car. [From Italian investire and from French investir, both from Latin investīre, to clothe, surround : in-, in; see IN-² + vestīre, to clothe (from vestis, clothes; see wes-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] in·vesta·ble, in·vesti·ble adj. in·vestor n.
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