1590s, "act of putting on vestments" (a sense now found in investiture); later "act of being invested with an office, right, endowment, etc." (1640s); and "surrounding and besieging of a military target" (1811); see invest + -ment. Commercial sense is from 1610s, originally of the finances of the East India Company; general use is from 1740 in the sense of "conversion of money to property in hopes of profit," and by 1837 in the sense "amount of money so invested; property viewed as a vehicle for profit." For evolution of commercial senses, see invest.
雙語例句
1. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.
投資可能會中斷，而這會引起經濟衰退。
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2. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
投資仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本過高。
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3. He bought an investment property for $100,000 and put down $20,000.
他以10萬美元買下一處投資性地產，并支付了2萬美元的定金。
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4. The job needs someone with a good track record in investment.
這項工作需要有良好投資業績的人來擔當。
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5. Britain's future as a leading industrial nation depends on investment.