investments

IPA/ɪnvˈɛstmənts/
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investments — 名詞

1. amounts of money, time, or effort that someone puts into a project, business, or

1.名詞B1
釋義

投資

投入金錢或心力以求回報的款項或行動

amounts of money, time, or effort that someone puts into a project, business, or activity in the hope of gaining a benefit, profit, or other valuable result later on

例句

Ada moved most of her investments into safer government bonds last year.

Ada 去年把大部分投資轉到較安全的政府公債上。

collocation: move investments into [asset type]

The Watanabe family lost a lot of money on bad property investments during the 2008 crash.

Watanabe 一家在 2008 年金融危機中因為不當的房地產投資損失慘重。

collocation: bad / risky investments

常見搭配
  • make investments
  • lose investments
  • diversify investments
  • property investments
  • long-term investments
  • risky investments
  • foreign investments
同義詞
  • holdings

    specifically the assets (shares, property) someone owns, not the act of buying them

  • stakes

    shares of ownership in a business, usually with influence implied

  • contributions

    wider sense — money or effort given, not always expecting financial return

反義詞
  • divestments

    the opposite act — selling off assets rather than acquiring them

  • withdrawals

    removing money from an account or fund, undoing an investment

文法句型

investments in [thing/area]

make investments

investments + return/profit/loss

用法筆記

Plural form covers both the act of investing repeatedly and the specific assets or efforts themselves; choose 'investment' (singular) when naming a single deal or amount, and 'investments' when grouping several together or talking about a portfolio.

常見錯誤

She has many investment in real estate.
She has many investments in real estate.
when several separate deals or assets are meant, the countable plural 'investments' is required.
He made investments to the start-up.
He made investments in the start-up.
the preposition is 'in', not 'to', when naming the thing or area receiving the money.

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常用片語

  • make investments in
  • diversify one's investments
  • long-term investments
  • short-term investments
  • foreign direct investments

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