leverage

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot. uncountable,usually
    — A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.
  2. Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage. broadly,uncountable,usually
    — Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.
  3. The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk. uncountable,usually
    — Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.
  4. The debt-to-equity ratio. uncountable,usually
    — In such cases where there is a multiple capital structure the factor known as leverage comes into play.
  5. The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility. uncountable,usually
    — Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage.
  6. The distance of between an independent observation and other observations. uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something). US,slang,transitive
    — They plan to leverage the publicity into a good distribution agreement.

词形变化

leverages plural leverages present,singular,third-person leveraging participle,present leveraged participle,past leveraged past

词汇关系

衍生词
overleverage

词源

词源 1
From lever + -age. The verb likely comes from martial arts/judo usage, where one would "use an opponent's leverage (i.e. their weight, height, centre of balance, etc.)" against them in order to defeat them.
词源 2
From lever + -age. The verb likely comes from martial arts/judo usage, where one would "use an opponent's leverage (i.e. their weight, height, centre of balance, etc.)" against them in order to defeat them.
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