四级The report's writers state that America's failure to invest in infrastructure impacts not only the health of the real-estate market, but also our ability to remain globally competitive.

报告作者指出，美国未能投资基础设施不仅影响房地产市场的健康，也影响我们保持全球竞争力的能力。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Investing in research to find ways to adapt to consumers' needs.

投资于研究，以找到适应消费者需求的方法。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级More recently, however, some companies have been investing money in a more ambitious undertaking: learning how to adjust the fundamental make-up of the food they sell.

然而，最近，一些公司一直在投资一项更为雄心勃勃的事业：学习如何调整他们出售的食品的基本成分。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考After investing more than $1 million in reconstructing the building, we began producing a full season of theater performances, Jazz concerts, and year-round arts education programs in 2008.

在投资100多万美元重建大楼后，我们于2008年开始制作一整季的戏剧表演、爵士音乐会和全年艺术教育节目。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

高考If the copyright date of your current dictionary shows that it was published five or more years ago, consider investing in a more recent edition.

如果你的字典的版权日期显示它是在五年前出版的，请考虑投资一个更近的版本。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 任务型读写 原文

六级He thinks the best way to help the long-term unemployed is to allow private citizens to invest in local companies that can create more jobs.

他认为，帮助长期失业者的最好办法是允许私人公民投资于能够创造更多就业机会的当地公司。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级The cycle continues: Poorer parents have less time and fewer resources to invest in their children, which can leave children less prepared for school and work, which leads to lower earnings.

这种循环还在继续：贫穷的父母在孩子身上投入的时间和资源更少，这会让孩子对上学和工作准备不足，从而导致收入下降。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级This view assumes that rich societies will invest in environmental care.

这一观点假设富裕社会将投资于环境保护。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级That is why being self-aware, investing in broader networks of friends, and being open to new ideas will become even more crucial skills.

这就是为什么自我意识、投资于更广泛的朋友网络以及接受新想法将成为更重要的技能的原因。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the potential return is high enough

只有在潜在回报足够高的情况下，投资者才会投资被视为有风险的债券

2014年6月阅读原文

高考Investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.

花时间为人父母会带来经济回报。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

考研Transient investors, who demand high quarterly profits from companies, can hinder a firm's efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty.

临时投资者要求公司获得高额季度利润，这可能会阻碍公司投资长期研究或建立客户忠诚度的努力。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研"There seems to be a predominance of short-term thinking at the expense of long-term investing," said Commissioner Daniel Gallagher of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in speech this week.

美国证券交易委员会（SEC）委员丹尼尔·加拉赫（Daniel Gallagher）在本周的讲话中表示：“短期思维似乎占主导地位，而长期投资则受到损害。”。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级So while there're plenty of hackers who could start startups, there's no one to invest in them.

所以，虽然有很多黑客可以创业，但没有人可以投资。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研To find out, the researches controlled for various factors that might make firms more likely to invest like size, industry, and sales -- and for indicators that a place was desirable to live in, like growth in wages or population.

为了找出答案，这些研究控制了可能使公司更愿意投资的各种因素，如规模、行业和销售，以及一个地方适宜居住的指标，如工资或人口的增长。

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考Despite the poor service of the hotel, the manager is reluctant to invest in sufficient training for his staff.

尽管旅馆的服务很差，经理还是不愿意为他的员工提供足够的培训。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

高考The relationships you develop now will probably be linked to the ones you value later, so he wise about the people who you invest yourself in.

你现在建立的关系可能会与你以后重视的关系联系在一起，所以他对你投资的人很明智。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文

考研So how do we navigate this? How do we know when to invest in an upgrade? And what’s the best way to pull off one that enhances our goals? Here are some tips:.

那么，我们如何导航呢？我们如何知道何时投资升级？那么，实现目标的最佳方式是什么？以下是一些提示：。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研How do we know when to invest in an upgrade?

我们如何知道何时投资升级？

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级They are rich enough to invest in nerds.

他们足够富有，可以投资于书呆子。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级The scientists cite a definition of “workaholism” as “being overly concerned about work, driven by an uncontrollable work motivation, and investing so much time and effort in work that it impairs other important life areas.

科学家们引用了“工作狂”的定义，即“在无法控制的工作动机的驱使下，过度关注工作，并在工作中投入了太多时间和精力，从而损害了其他重要的生活领域。”。

2018年12月6级真题第三套

六级Too often, the list is seen as the accomplishment for the day, reducing the immediate guilt of not working on the tasks at hand by investing energy in the list, says Pikle.

Pikle说，很多时候，这份清单被视为一天的成就，通过在清单上投入精力来减少没有完成手头任务的直接内疚感。

2008年12月英语六级真题

四级Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.

显然，如果你必须检查电脑的所有答案，那么投资电脑是没有意义的，但人们也应该依靠自己的内部电脑，当他们感觉出了问题时，检查一下电脑。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级If you don’t believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter.

如果你不相信我，那就自己试试，买一个食品柜，明年冬天关掉冰箱。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children.

低收入国家的父母没有对女儿进行投资，因为他们不希望女儿为家庭做出经济贡献：女孩长大后只会嫁到别人家里生孩子。

2006年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级“As we look to the future, we see a more pressing need to invest in need-based aid,” says Monica Inzer, dean of admission and financial aid at Hamilton, which has offered merit scholarships for 10 years.

“展望未来，我们看到更迫切的需要投资于基于需求的援助，”汉密尔顿大学招生和经济援助系主任莫妮卡·因泽说，该校已经提供了10年的优秀奖学金。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级We all seem to agree that a college education is wonderful, and yet strangely we worry when we see families investing so much in this supposedly essential good.

我们似乎都同意大学教育是美妙的，但奇怪的是，当我们看到家庭在这种所谓的基本利益上投入如此之多时，我们感到担忧。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级Everyone seems to agree that the government, and parents, should be rethinking how we invest in higher education— and that employers need to rethink the increasing use of college degrees as crude screening tools for jobs that don’t really require college skills.

每个人似乎都同意，政府和家长应该重新思考我们如何投资于高等教育，雇主需要重新思考越来越多地将大学学位作为筛选不需要大学技能的工作的粗略工具。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级“Discrimination by age, long-term unemployment, and the fact that they’ve now at the end of the hiring queue just don’t make it sensible to invest in them.

“年龄歧视、长期失业，以及他们现在排在招聘队伍的最后一位，都不利于投资他们。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级So while there're plenty of hackers (电脑迷) who could start startups, there's no one to invest in them Do you really need the rich people?

所以，尽管有很多黑客(电脑迷) 谁可以创办初创公司，没有人可以投资

2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级Wouldn't it work to have the government invest in the nerds?

让政府投资于书呆子们难道不管用吗？

2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级The report’s writers state that America’s failure to invest in infrastructure impacts not only the health of the real-estate market, but also our ability to remain globally competitive.

该报告的作者指出，美国未能对基础设施进行投资，不仅影响了房地产市场的健康，也影响了我们保持全球竞争力的能力。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题 (第3套)

四级PepsiCo did not say exactly how much it planned to invest to reach its goals.

百事公司没有具体说明为实现目标计划投资多少。

2018年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

四级Not only are they perfectly willing to invest in their children’s education, but they also spend much time urging them to study.

他们不仅非常愿意为孩子的教育投资，而且还花很多时间督促他们学习。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

考研The English, the Germans, the Dutch and the French were investing in Britain’s former colony.

英国人、德国人、荷兰人和法国人正在对英国的前殖民地进行投资。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研The railroad industry as a whole, despite its brightening fortuning fortunes, still does not earn enough to cover the cost of the capital it must invest to keep up with its surging traffic.

铁路行业作为一个整体，尽管其财富丰厚，但其收入仍然不足以支付其必须投资的资本成本，以跟上其激增的交通量。

2003年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题