"investment" in Chinese (Traditional)
Definition
指把金錢、時間或精力投入某件事，希望之後獲得回報或收益。這個詞常用於金融領域，也可以表示對某個人、計畫或想法的深度投入。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
最常見於金融語境，如 'make an investment', 'foreign investment', 'long-term investment'。它也可以表示抽象意義，如 'an investment in your future'，或指情感上的投入。學習者常把它和 'invent' 混淆，或者在更適合用 'expense' 或 'cost' 的地方誤用它。
Examples
Buying that apartment was a good investment.
買那套公寓是一項不錯的**投資**。
Education is an investment in your future.
教育是對你未來的**投資**。
The company made a large investment in new machines.
公司在新機器上進行了大筆**投資**。
It seemed expensive at first, but it's already paying off as an investment.
一開始看起來很貴，但作為一項**投資**，它已經開始有回報了。
We're treating this course as an investment in the team's skills.
我們把這門課程看作是對團隊技能的**投資**。
For me, moving to this city was more than a change — it was an investment in a better life.
對我來說，搬到這座城市不只是一個改變——而是對更好生活的**投資**。