Over the past four years, IBM has invested more than $11 billion in its business analytics software and services business, which experienced 14 percent revenue growth in the second quarter of 2010.

在过去的四年里，IBM已经在商业分析软件和服务业投入了超过110亿美元，仅2010的第二个季度，在该领域的投入就持续增长了14%。

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Over the past century, seismologists have invested a vast amount of money and effort in trying to predict earthquakes-without a single unequivocal success.

过去100年里，地震学家将大笔的经费投入到地震预测研究中，收获廖廖。

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Farmers increasingly rent the land they cultivate, which can mean they are less familiar with areas at risk for erosion or are less invested in caring for the land over the long run.

农民不断增加租用可耕地面积，这也意味着他们对耕种土地的侵蚀风险并不熟悉，或者从长远打算来看，并不想在保护土地方面投入太多。

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Google has invested in a new company that wants to put up a system of satellites over Africa.

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It's a huge amount of money that they're managing, but I was trying to convince them that they should do something to manage their oil risks because they're way over-invested in oil.

他们管理着一大笔钱，不过我试图说服他们,采取一些措施来应对他们手里石油的风险,因为他们过于侧重在石油上的投资。

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Over the years, he had invested a lot of money in unsuccessful businesses.

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For instance, there is a big difference in a leader who is passionate about their business, and one that is emotionally over-invested in their business.

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Something which a very large number of people seem to be greatly over-invested in.

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But pension funds are already over-invested in shares by historic standards, so this may not happen.

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