investing in sth
说明资金投向的领域或对象。
Investing in education benefits society as a whole.
投资教育有益于整个社会。
投资；投入
投资的行为或过程；投资
The act of investing something; an investment.
投资的行为或过程；投资
The act of something being invested; an investment.
Investing requires a lot of research before you put your money in anything.
投资需要你在投入资金之前做大量的研究。
用法提示：这里“investing”是名词，表示“投资”这个行为，作主语。
She is learning about the risks of investing in foreign markets.
她正在了解投资国外市场的风险。
用法提示：这里“investing”是名词，作介词“of”的宾语，指“投资”这件事。
The book gives a clear introduction to the basics of personal investing.
这本书清晰介绍了个人投资的基础知识。
用法提示：“investing”在这里是名词，表示“投资”活动，与“personal”连用。
说明资金投向的领域或对象。
Investing in education benefits society as a whole.
投资教育有益于整个社会。
表示投资的目的或所要达到的目标。
Many young people are investing for retirement.
许多年轻人在为退休而投资。
表示与某人或某机构合作进行投资。
Investing with a reputable adviser reduces risk.
与信誉良好的顾问一起投资可以降低风险。
grammar · medium
易错句子He made a fortune by investing on real estate.
正确表达He made a fortune by investing in real estate.
英语中 invest / investing 固定搭配介词 in，表示“投入到……里”；汉语说“在……上投资”，容易把“上”直译成 on，但 in 才是表示领域或对象的正确介词。
grammar · medium
易错句子Investing in new machinery are expensive for small firms.
正确表达Investing in new machinery is expensive for small firms.
investing 在此是动名词作主语，视为单数概念，谓语要用 is；汉语没有主谓一致，学习者常被后面复数名词 machinery 误导而用 are。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company made a big investing in research last year.
正确表达The company made a big investment in research last year.
表示“一笔投资、投入的资金”这种可数个体时要用名词 investment，可加冠词和形容词；investing 指“投资这一行为或过程”，不可数，不能与 a big 这样的限定成分连用。
investing 指投资这一行为或过程，强调动作本身；investment 指投入的钱、资产或具体投资项目，作“投资额、投资标的”讲时不能用 investing。表示“一笔投资”用 an investment，不说 an investing。
infesting 是动词 infest 的 -ing 形式，指害虫或坏人成群侵扰、滋生，带贬义，宾语多为某个地方；investing 才是“投资”。两者拼写只差一个字母，读音也接近，注意别混用。
investigation 是名词，指为查明真相而进行的调查，常与 carry out、conduct 搭配，涉及警方、科学或官方查证；investing 指投入资金的行为。两者拼写相近但与资金无关，不能互换。
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