lev.er.age

leverage的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈlevəidʒ, ˈli:və-]
KK音标发音： [ˈlɛvɚɪdʒ, ˈlivɚ-]

leverage的词性：
n.（名词）

1. The action of a lever.
杠杆作用

2. The mechanical advantage of a lever.
杠杆的机械效率

3. Positional advantage; power to act effectively:
优势，力量：位置上的优势；有效的行动：

“started his . . . career with far more social leverage than his father had enjoyed”(Doris Kearns Goodwin)
“他开始了自己的事业，并享有比他的父辈更多的社会优势”(多丽丝·克恩斯·古德温)

4. The use of credit or borrowed funds to improve one's speculative capacity and increase the rate of return from an investment, as in buying securities on margin.
举债经营：用信用或贷款增加自己的投机能力并增加投资收益率，例如利用原价与买价之差来购买证券

leverage的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

5. To provide (a company) with leverage.
使（某一公司）举债经营

6. To supplement (money, for example) with leverage.
补充（如金钱）支持

7. To affect as if by leverage:
杠杆作用：好象通过杠杆作用进行影响：

a lifestyle that was leveraged by business responsibilities.
被商业责任大大影响的生活方式