| 词汇 | over-investment |
| 释义 | over-investment noun[ U ] (alsooverinvestment)uk /ˌəʊ.vər.ɪnˈvest.mənt/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪnˈvest.mənt/ over-investmentnoun[U] (MONEY)a situation in which more money is spent on something than is needed or wise : 过度投资 over-investment inIt became apparent that there had been over-investment in certain areas of the economy.很明显，在经济的某些领域存在过度投资的情况。 Manufacturers persistently overestimated future demand, leading to huge overinvestment. Such periods of over-optimism, over-borrowing and over-investment are often followed by a recession. Some major corporations failed because there had been over-investment and some overly risky investments. We are still paying the price for massive overinvestment in many sectors, especially property. Stock markets algo anti-city anti-dilution anti-speculation anti-speculative asset-stripping broker bull market capital investment carpetbagger equity footsie gilt grubstake head fake hedging ICO inconvertible rentier stockbroker belt over-investmentnoun[U] (TIME/EFFORT)a situation in which more time, effort, etc. is used on something or someone than is needed or wise: 过度投入 Emotional overinvestment is when you focus too much of your thoughts or emotions on a thing or person. By the end, it's impossible to share in or even comprehend their crazy over-investment in one another.到最后，不可能参与甚至理解他们对彼此的疯狂过度倾注。 Their overinvestment in their children could be the result of marital dissatisfaction. They may experience a confusion between weakness and strength, between drivenness and passivity, and between detachment and overinvestment. Fetishism refers to an over-investment in a strangely and unnaturally attractive object, person, or practice. over-investment | Business Englishover-investment noun[ U ] (alsooverinvestment)ukus ECONOMICS, FINANCE a situation in which too much money is invested in a particular activity or economy: Years of over-investment have left the region with more factories making chips than the global economy can sustain. Compare underinvestment Examples of over-investmentover-investment Earlier, regional development efforts were criticised for poor results and for leading to problems such as over-investment in fishing vessels. Commodity prices went up sharply following the oil crisis, and led to over-investment on the part of the state. Consequently, over-investment in employees usually pays off. Yet farming profits soon disappear if there is unwise investment in buildings and, even more easily, if there is over-investment in machinery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In these cases everything which accrued to us was a net benefit with no possible risks of over-investment by foreigners in the sterling area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A serious slump was on its way because of over-investment and misestimation of demand, and some major flag carriers were already in considerable trouble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Large-scale employment in heavy industry can be due to over-investment in years gone by. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The enormous over-investment in that sense to meet this terribly uneconomic need for a short period of the day is bound to be formidable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been in the past fears of stop-go: fears, too, of the dangers of over-investment with unsaleable production resulting from it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were obsessed with the fear of inflation and over-investment, and now it is difficult to turn it on as it should be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, of course, true, theoretically, that in the end this over-investment abroad may drag some exports after it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, this country has a gross over-investment in anti-surface ship capability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has currently an over-investment, an over-capacity and an employment problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, if there is over-investment in securities, the money is not being used to that extent for the proper purposes of the society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can be over-investment in capital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of over-investment These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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