foreign direct investment

英 ['fɒrɪn dɪ'rekt ɪn'vestmənt] 美 ['fɔːrɪn dɪ'rekt ɪn'vestmənt]

• n. 外国直接投资

英英释义

Noun:

1. investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)

2. a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Think London is the foreign direct investment agency for London.
   伦敦投资局是负责在伦敦投资的外国直接投资的机构。
2. Western economists may tout foreign direct investment and global- isation as the reasons for China's poverty reduction.
   西方经济学家可能会吹嘘说，外国直接投资和全球化才是中国减贫的原因。