Leverage
['liːv(ə)rɪdʒ;'lev(ə)rɪdʒ] or ['lɛvərɪdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses).
(noun.) strategic advantage; power to act effectively; 'relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage'.
(noun.) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever.
(verb.) provide with leverage; 'We need to leverage this company'.
(verb.) supplement with leverage; 'leverage the money that is already available'.
錄入:莫伊拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.
校對:马尔科姆
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Purchase (obtained by the lever).
錄入:诺兰
例句/造句/用法:
- That hinterland affects daily life, and the church which cannot get a leverage on it by any other method than entering into immediate political controversy is simply a church that is dead. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The wind strikes the front, but rarely touches the back of the plane, and so gains a great leverage that adds materially to its power to overturn the machine. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- To get ready for something, one knows not what nor why, is to throw away the leverage that exists, and to seek for motive power in a vague chance. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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