Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.

图书馆是对未来的一种投资，不应该让图书馆衰落。

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Training is an investment not a cost.

培训是一种投资而不是一种花费。

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That's because quickly growing energy demand requires immense investment in new supply, not to mention the drain of rising energy prices.

这是因为，能源需求的快速增长需要新供应的大量投资，更别说不断上涨的能源价格的消耗了。

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But they reflect the Obama administration's commitment to a new approach to development -- one based on investment,not aid.

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A pure investment bank is not a depository institution and it's also--a pure investment bank is not a broker- dealer either.

一个真正的投行不是一个储蓄机构,当然一个真正的投行也不是证券公司-,或者发行公司。

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I'm not talking about investment banks in this lecture -I'm talking about commercial banks, which accept deposits from depositors.

这节课不讲投资银行,只讲商业银行,商业银行从储户那里吸收存款

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Ideally, of course, one buys a work of art for love, and not investment.

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This is not investment, it's savings, and not one new job is created as a result.

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For one, housing is not investment anymore than the purchase of a Porsche is an investment.

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