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

noun | verb

leverageleverage1 /ˈlɛvərɪdʒ, ˈli-/ noun [uncountable]

COLLOCATIONS► political/economic/diplomatic etc. leverage

Europe will try to use its economic leverage to end the dispute.

1influence that you can use to make people do what you want: political/economic/diplomatic etc. leverage Europe will try to use its economic leverage to end the dispute.2the amount of force that something or someone has, that makes it possible to make something else move: A longer stick will give you better leverage.3social studies, economics borrowed money that is used to invest or buy something such as a company

noun | verb

leverageleverage2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

leverage

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	leverage
	he, she, it	leverages
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	leveraged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have leveraged
	he, she, it	has leveraged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had leveraged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will leverage
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have leveraged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am leveraging
	he, she, it	is leveraging
	you, we, they	are leveraging
Past	I, he, she, it	was leveraging
	you, we, they	were leveraging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been leveraging
	he, she, it	has been leveraging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been leveraging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be leveraging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been leveraging

1social studies, economics to make money available to someone in order to invest or buy something such as a company: the use of public funds to leverage private investment2to use the things a business owns or the people it employs in new ways, in order to achieve success in the best way possible: We need to leverage our biggest asset – the people who work for us.