【释义1】 n, 杠杆作用；杠杆效力
牛津：the act of using a lever to open or lift sth; the force used to do this
【例句】
Using ropes and wooden poles for leverage, they haul sacks of cement up the track. 利用绳子和木棍取得杠杆作用，他们把几大袋水泥从轨道上拖开。
【释义2】n, 影响力
牛津：the ability to influence what people do
柯林斯：Leverage is the ability to influence situations or people so that you can control what happens.
【短语】diplomatic leverage 外交影响力
【例句】
His position as mayor gives him leverage to get things done. 他的市长身份使他有能力办成一些事情
【外刊原句】How much leverage do the United States and its allies have over the Taliban? 美国及其盟友对塔利班有多大影响力？出处《纽约时报》
【释义3】n, 杠杆比率
the ratio of a company's loan capital (debt) to the value of its ordinary shares (equity) the relationship between the amount of money that a company owes to banks and the value of the company 可以用leverage一个单词或者短语leverage ratio表示。
【释义4】v, 举债经营
柯林斯：to leverage a company or investment means to use borrowed money in order to buy it or pay for it.
【例句】
He might feel that leveraging the company at a time when he sees tremendous growth opportunities would be a mistake. 他可能感觉到在看到巨大的发展机会时举债经营公司是一个错误。
【释义5】利用…以获得好处、利用…获利
to get as much advantage or profit as possible from sth that you have.
【真题】
Many companies have tried, with mixed success, to leverage this underused asset by centralising knowledge management functions or by investing heavily in knowledge management technology.
出处：《剑桥BEC高级真题集第三辑：P39》
mixed success 成果好坏参半
Leverage is the reason some people become rich and others don't become rich. 杠杆是一些人变得富有而另一些人没有变得富有的原因。
保持好奇心，每日，每月，每年，以求寸进。
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