Investment

[ɪn'ves(t)m(ə)nt] or [ɪn'vɛstmənt]

解释:

(noun.) the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank.

(noun.) the act of putting on robes or vestments.

(noun.) outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism.

(noun.) the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result; 'this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking'; 'he made an emotional investment in the work'.

(noun.) money that is invested with an expectation of profit.

彻姬塔编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

(n.) That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.

(n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.

(n.) The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.

整理:玛丽

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Investing.[2]. Vestment, dress, robe, garments, habiliments, clothes.[3]. Money invested.[4]. (Mil.) Siege.

编辑:玛杰里

同义词及反义词：

[See INVESTITURE]

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