英语词汇“invest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	invest
释义	in·vest I. \ə̇nˈvest\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Medieval Latin investire, from Latin, to clothe, cover, surround, from in- in- (II) + vestire to clothe, from vestis garment — more at wear 1. a. : to array in the symbols of office or honor : install in an office or honor with customary ceremonies < was invested by Queen Elizabeth … in a private ceremony — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > < was invested with the George Medal, Britain's highest award for civilian heroism — Charlottetown (Canada) Guardian > b. : to furnish with or make a formal grant (as of power or authority) to : establish officially < by the Constitution of the United States, the president is invested with certain important political powers — John Marshall > c. : to put in possession or control of someone : vest < provincial life in Tsarist Russia … invested absolute authority in the head of the family — London Calling > 2. [Latin investire] : to envelop or cover completely : surround, coat < things are invested with mystery in the degree that their origins and causes are unknown — Edward Clodd > < could invest a common murder case with the atmosphere of an Aeschylean drama — Van Wyck Brooks > specifically : to place (a pattern) in refractory material in the process of investment casting < bell-form bowl, invested with a rich turquois blue glaze — Parke-Bernet Galleries Catalog > — see cire perdue 3. [Latin investire] a. : clothe, adorn < brought a light raincoat with which he now invested his ample person — John Buchan > < went to the pains of investing the production richly, for sets and costumes are fabulous — Louise Mace > b. obsolete : to put on : don < cannot find one this girdle to invest — Edmund Spenser > 4. [Middle French investir, from Old Italian investire, from Latin, to surround] : to surround with troops or ships so as to prevent escape or entry : lay siege to < Charleston was never besieged, not was any serious effort made … to invest it on the land side — O.L.Spaulding > 5. : to endow with some quality or characteristic : infuse, enrich < talent for investing the commonplace with significance — Gerald Bullett > < the realist … invests contemporary events with values that are eventually established as history — Bernard Smith > < the tone of his … voice which he tried to invest with candor and modesty — Bernard De Voto > < swept off his hat with a gesture that invested it with plumes — Edna Ferber > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Italian investire, from Latin, to clothe, cover, surround *transitive verb* 1. a. : to commit (money) for a long period in order to earn a financial return < invested his savings in stocks, bonds, and real estate > b. : to place (money) with a view to minimizing risk rather than speculating for large gains at greater hazard 2. : to make use of with particular thought of future benefits or advantages < invested his savings in a year of study — Norman Foerster > < I am avaricious of time and uneasy if I don't invest it well — O.W.Holmes †1935 > *intransitive verb* : to commit funds for future gain or purchase something of intrinsic value : make an investment < anyone who wants to know more before investing an write the editor — Monsanto Magazine > — often used with in < decided to invest in a first edition as a birthday gift for her husband > < the burghers … would not invest in factories — William Petersen >
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