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disinvestment

/dis-in-vest-muhnt/US // ˌdɪs ɪnˈvɛst mənt //

取消投资,撤资,撤销投资,脱离投资

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the withdrawal of invested funds or the cancellation of financial aid, subsidies, or investment plans, as in a property, neighborhood, or foreign country.

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Examples

  • Decades of failed government programs and private sector neglect have left North Lawndale and other West Side neighborhoods reeling from disinvestment.

  • It isn’t hard to see a straight line to the neglect and disinvestment that continues to devastate those neighborhoods.

  • Gloria said he already has his own plans to make the city more accessible and more focused on addressing historic disinvestment.

  • We need Measure E to reverse decades of disinvestment, integrate our neighborhoods and increase the low home production that keeps cost high.

  • Chronic disinvestments in health care, education, housing and economic opportunities have disproportionately affected working-class families and people of color, many of whom are essential workers.