leverage

名词 leverage:

1. the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
   同义词：purchase
2. strategic advantage; power to act effectively
3. investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
   同义词：leveraging

动词 leverage:

1. supplement with leverage
2. provide with leverage

1. Should the West root unreservedly for Soviet success? Or should Western economic support turn on Soviet political behavior at home and abroad? Western politicians weight the choice, but it's a false choice: the leverage doesn't exist.
   西方应该毫无保留地支持苏联使其成功吗？或者西方的经济支援是否应视苏联在国内外政治行为来决定？西方政客们权衡他们的选择，可是这项选择是错误的。西方对苏联的制衡并不存在。
2. He has some leverage over the politician.
   他对这位政界人士有些影响。
3. Something, such as a crowbar, that is used to apply leverage.
   撬杠用于实施杠杆作用的某物，比如撬杠等
4. Her wealth gives her enormous leverage in social circles.
   她有财富便於她在社会各界造成巨大影响。

lev.er.age

n.（名词）

The action of a lever.
杠杆作用
The mechanical advantage of a lever.
杠杆的机械效率
Positional advantage; power to act effectively:
优势，力量：位置上的优势；有效的行动：
例句：
.started his . . . career with far more social leverage than his father had enjoyed.(Doris Kearns Goodwin)
.他开始了自己的事业，并享有比他的父辈更多的社会优势.(多丽丝·克恩斯·古德温)

The use of credit or borrowed funds to improve one`s speculative capacity and increase the rate of return from an investment, as in buying securities on margin.
举债经营：用信用或贷款增加自己的投机能力并增加投资收益率，例如利用原价与买价之差来购买证券
v.tr.（及物动词）
lev.er.aged,lev.er.ag.ing,lev.er.ag.es
To provide (a company) with leverage.
使（某一公司）举债经营
To supplement (money, for example) with leverage.
补充（如金钱）支持
To affect as if by leverage:
杠杆作用：好象通过杠杆作用进行影响：
例句：
a lifestyle that was leveraged by business responsibilities.
被商业责任大大影响的生活方式