investment

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of investing, or state of being invested. countable,uncountable
    — Giving your children a good education is a wise long-term investment.
  2. A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation. countable,uncountable
    — An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
  3. A vestment. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Whose white investments figure innocence.
  4. The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. countable,uncountable
    — the investment of the fort
  5. A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze. countable,uncountable

词形变化

investments plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *wes-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *wéstis
Proto-Italic *westis
Latin vestis
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
Latin -iō
Latin vestiō
Latin investioder.
Middle French investirbor.

Latin investioder.
Medieval Latin investirebor.
English invest
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English investment
From invest + -ment.
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