动 throw，fling，drop，put in；名 a game during a feast in which the winner was decided by the number of arrows thrown into a distant pot，dice，a surname；介 t

[例句] 他的球投得极棒，使我们赢下了两场比赛。 He bowled so well that we won two matches.

[例句] 如果你不喜欢，不要投他的票不就得了。 Heck, if you don't like it, don't vote for him.

throw，cast，project，dart ；

[例句] 我的烛光将他拉长的影子投射在墙上。 The light from my candle threw his elongated shadow on the walls.

[例句] 她总是将自己的神经病投射到她的同事身上. She always projects her own neuroses onto her colleagues.

throw，hurl，cast，shy，Jaculation ；

[例句] 人群变得狂暴起来，并向警察投掷汽油弹。 The crowds became violent and threw petrol bombs at the police.

[例句] 一群群醉醺醺的小流氓砸碎商店的橱窗，还投掷石块。 Groups of drunken hooligans smashed shop windows and threw stones.

invest，investment；

[例句] 投资可能会中断，而这会引起经济衰退。 Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.

[例句] 大型海外基金的投资前景非常好。 Large overseas-based trusts are an excellent each way bet.

tender，submit a tender，enter a bid，submit public bids in，bid ；

[例句] 工作人员不得投标承接私营部门的工作。 The staff are forbidden to tender for private-sector work.

[例句] 他已经投标来拯救这个岌岌可危的周刊。 He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.

speculate，seize a chance to seek private gain，congenial，agreeable，gamble ；

[例句] 总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。 The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.

[例句] 他亲口承认自己在佛罗里达从事房地产投机生意时逃过税。 By his own admission, he evaded taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator.

put into，throw into，input，investment in，devotion ；

[例句] 各企业需要更好地培训工人，并且在研发方面加大投入。 Businesses need to train their workers better, and spend more on R&D.

[例句] 该设备几个月之前曾投入运行。 The device had been used operationally some months previously.

air-drop，paradrop，aerial delivery，air drop，airdrop ；

[例句] 传单被空投下来，要求人们离开某些地区。 Leaflets have been air dropped telling people to leave certain areas.

[例句] 飞机用降落伞空投补给。 Planes dropped supplies by parachute.

projection，projective，shadow ；

[例句] 他还设计了爱丁堡大学一座投影于乔治广场的塔楼。 He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square.

[例句] 你不必花钱买什么特殊器材也可以同样有效地把画面投影在一面空白墙上. You don't need to spend money on special things, you can project the picture onto an empty white wall just as effectively.

surrender，capitulate，haul down one's colors，throw up the sponge，[电影]Caved In；

[例句] 他们想让我做什么，宣战还是投降？ Which do they want me to do? declare war or surrender?

[例句] 经过10个小时的谈判，持枪歹徒终于投降了。 Finally, after ten hours of negotiations, the gunman gave himself up.

drop a bomb，throw a hand grenade，bomb release，bomb-dropping ；

[例句] 我命令投弹完毕的轰炸机飞返母舰. I ordered the bombers which had completed their runs to return to our carriers.

[例句] 王平: 你说的对, 还有射击、投弹. Wang Ping: You say it right. There are also shooting and bomb - dropping.

vote，cast a vote，ballot，poll，suffrage ；

[例句] 今天地方选举的投票一开始就人头攒动。 There has been a busy start to polling in today's local elections.

[例句] 如果他要求太多，工会就会投票撤换他。 If he demands too much, the unions will vote him down.

bat，tap，drive，bowl ；

[例句] 他的投球在大联盟的击球员中是个传奇。 His pitching was a legend among major league hitters.

[例句] 有个裁判认为投球犯规. One of the judges thought it was a foul throw.

deliver，mailing ；

[例句] 他让我整理并投递邮件。 He'd left me to pack up the mail and post it off.

[例句] 若无法投递，请退还寄信人。 If undelivered, please return to sender.

[体] shoot，shoot at the basket，shot ；

[例句] 快上,投篮! Go ahead . Quick ! Shoot!

[例句] 下半场中国人以漂亮的传递和不失时机的投篮挫败了对手. In the second - half, the Chinese overwhelmed their opponents with beautiful passes and well - timed shots.

submit a piece of writing for publication，contribute，contribution ；

[例句] 有一群经常投稿的人对这份杂志是极为重要的. The core of regular contributors is essential to the magazine.

[例句] 她定期给校刊投稿. She regularly contributes to the college magazine.

seek temporary lodging，put up for the night，lodge ；

[例句] 我们在一间农舍投宿了一夜. We put up for the night at a farmhouse.

[例句] 他投宿于青年旅馆. He billeted in youth hotels.

complain，lodge a complaint；

[例句] 如果你对修理效果不满意，可以再找他们投诉。 If you are not happy about a repair, go back and complain.

[例句] 海滩上的游客投诉有人在沙滩上遛狗。 Beach users have complained about people walking their dogs on the sand.

[棒、垒球] pitcher，bowler，caster，hurler ；

[例句] 处于风口浪尖的那些投手不见了踪影。 The bowlers at the eye of the storm were nowhere in evidence.

[例句] 今年该队的候补投手实力不错。 The team's bullpen is solid this year.

jettisoning，drop，downthrow ；

[例句] 阳光明亮刺眼，在地上投下轮廓分明的影子。 The sunlight is white and blinding, throwing hard-edged shadows on the ground.

[例句] 那家公司投下巨额资金于国外的子公司. The company placed much money in its foreign subsidiary.