vt.

1. 投（資）[（+in）]
   He invested all his money in real estate.

   他把錢全部投資房地產。

2. 耗費，投入（時間，金錢等）[（+in）]
   He invested a lot of time in trying to help retarded children.

   他把大量時間花在設法幫助弱智兒童上。

3. 【書】覆蓋；披蓋[（+with）]
4. 【書】授予[（+with）][H]
   The trade union is invested with the power to call a strike.

   工會被授於號召罷工的權力。

5. 【書】賦於，使充滿[（+with）][H]
   The ancient castle was invested with an air of mystery.

   這座古堡充滿神祕的氣氛。

6. 【軍】包圍；圍攻

vi.

1. 投資，入股[（+in）]
   He invested heavily in the cotton business.

   他在棉花生意上投入巨資。

2. 【口】花錢買[（+in）]

v.

1. put money into financial schemes, shares, or property with the expectation of achieving a profit.
   ▸devote (one's time or energy) to an undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.
   ▸ (invest in) informal buy (a product) whose usefulness will repay the cost.
2. (invest someone/thing with) endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute).
   ▸endow someone with (a rank or office).
   ▸ (invest something in) establish a right or power in.
3. archaic clothe or cover with a garment.
4. archaic surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it.