in.vest

invest的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [inˈvest]
KK音标发音： [ɪnˈvɛst]

invest的词性：
v.（动词）

invest的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return:
投资：拨出（钱或资金）以获得金钱上的回报：

invested their savings in stocks and bonds.
他们将积蓄投资于股票和债券

2. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit:
耗费：花费或奉献以求将来的好处或利益：

invested much time and energy in getting a good education.
付出许多时间和精力以求得良好的教育

3. To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit:
投入：为某一目的在道德或心理方面的奉献；致力于：

“Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are ” (Shana Alexander)
“这一代的男人们都投注事业 ，而女人们则投注于建立自己的 角色 ” (莎纳·亚历山大)

4. To endow with authority or power.
授予：给以权力或权势

5. To install in office with ceremony:
使就职：以仪式使正式就职：

invest a new emperor.
新王登基

6. To endow with an enveloping or pervasive quality:
使充满：赋予一种笼罩或到处弥漫的特性：

“A charm invests a face/Imperfectly beheld”(Emily Dickinson)
“迷人的侧面”(艾米利·狄更生)

7. To clothe; adorn.
给…穿衣；装饰

8. To cover completely; envelop.
覆盖：完全盖住；笼罩

9. To surround with troops or ships; besiege.See Synonyms at besiege
包围：用部队或船只围住；围攻参见 besiege

invest的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

10. To make investments or an investment:
投资：进行几项或一项投资：

invest in real estate.
投资于房地产

invest的词源：

11. From Italian investire
源自 意大利语 investire

12. and from French investir
并源自 法语 investir

13. both from Latin invest^ore [to clothe, surround]
都源自 拉丁语 invest^ore [给…穿衣，包围]

14. in- [in] * see in- ²
in- [在…里面] *参见 in-²

15. vest^ore [to clothe] from vestis [clothes] * see wes- ²
vest^ore [给…穿衣] 源自 vestis [衣服] *参见 wes- ²

invest的词性：
adj.（形容词）

invest的词性：
n.（名词）