leverage
英 ['li?v(?)r?d?; 'lev(?)r?d?]
美['l?v?r?d?]
- n. 手段，影響力；杠桿作用；杠桿效率
- v. 利用；舉債經營
英英釋意
- 1. the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- 2. strategic advantage; power to act effectively;
- "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"
- 3. investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)