investment

1. N-UNCOUNT Investment is the activity of investing money. 投資

He said the government must introduce tax incentives to encourage investment. 他說，政府必須通過給予稅收利益來鼓勵投資。

2. N-VAR An investment is an amount of money that you invest, or the thing that you invest it in. 投資額

...an investment of twenty-eight million dollars. …2800萬美元的投資額。

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. 有益的購買物

When selecting boots, fine, quality leather will be a wise investment. 在挑選靴子時，買精致、質(zhì)量上乘的皮靴會是明智的。

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. 我擔(dān)心這么多的時間投入不起作用。