单词 | disinvest |
释义 | disinvest (once / 246236 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY disinvest: disinvestment+/invest: disinvest, invested, investing, investiture, investment, investor, invests/investiture: investitures/investment: investments/investor: investors USAGE EXAMPLESThe 45-year-old, who is part of Macau's small Portuguese community, says: "The trend is to disinvest from Macau. How can we grow under such circumstances? " BBC(Jan 20, 2016) For K-12 education, Republicans hope to disinvest from efforts to turn around low performing schools, many of which have failed kids for generations. US News(Jun 25, 2015) “We are very concerned that people will mentally disinvest in Muni when they take Leap, and that will create a two-tier transportation system,” she said. Washington Times(May 11, 2015) 1 1v reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa Syn|Ant|Hyper divest commit, invest, place, put make an investment draw, draw off, take out, withdraw remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) 2v deprive of status or authority 2They disinvested themselves of their rights Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper divest enthrone, invest, vest provide with power and authority dethrone remove a monarch from the throne defrock, unfrockdivest of the frock; of church officials discharge, free free from obligations or duties v remove (someone's or one's own) clothes He disinvested himself of his garments Syn|Hyper divest, strip, undress discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress get undressed remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
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