invest

投資する

利益が得られることを期待して、お金を出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To put money into something because you hope it will earn more money.

• I want to invest some money.
• She invested her savings in a local company.
• Would you invest in property overseas?

使い方： invest in something (She decided to invest in a small business.); invest something in something (He invested his savings in shares.)

よく使う表現： invest in shares, invest money, invest in property, invest capital

費やす、投じる

改善や利益のために、時間やお金、労力を費やすこと。

やさしい英語で： To spend time, money, or effort on something to improve it or gain a benefit.

• We need to invest in training.
• He invested months of work in the project.
• The city invested money in safer roads.

使い方： invest something in something (They invested considerable effort in improving the service.); invest in something (The council plans to invest in better public transport.)

類義語： put into, devote

よく使う表現： invest time, invest in education, invest effort

権限を与える、任命する

正式に人に特定の権限や地位を与えること。

やさしい英語で： To officially give someone a particular power, position, or authority.

• The law invests the council with new powers.
• The ceremony invested her with royal authority.
• Who can invest the committee with the power to act?

使い方： invest someone with something (The constitution invests the president with certain powers.)

類義語： empower, vest

よく使う表現： invest someone with authority, invest someone with power

与える、帯びさせる

人や物が特定の性質を持つように見せること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something seem to have a particular quality.

• The silence invested the room with mystery.
• Her calm voice invested her words with authority.
• Time had invested the old house with a special charm.

使い方： invest someone/something with something (The lighting invested the room with an air of mystery.)

類義語： imbue, endow

よく使う表現： invest something with meaning, invest someone with dignity

包囲する

降伏させるために、軍隊で町や砦を取り囲むこと。

やさしい英語で： To surround a town or fort with armed forces to force it to surrender.

• The army prepared to invest the town.
• Enemy troops invested the fortress before dawn.
• The general lacked enough soldiers to invest the entire city.

類義語： besiege, lay siege to

よく使う表現： invest a town, invest a fortress