divestment
/dih-ves-ti-cher, -choor, dahy-/US // dɪˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, daɪ- //
撤资,撤销投资,剥离,分拆投资
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the act of divesting.
- : the state of being divested.
- : something, as property or investments, that has been divested: to reexamine the company's acquisitions and divestitures.
- : Also di·ves·ture [dih-ves-cher, -choor, dahy-]. /dɪˈvɛs tʃər, -tʃʊər, daɪ-/. the sale of business holdings or part of a company, especially under legal compulsion.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as indivestiture
as indeprivation
Synonyms
destitution赤贫,穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重privation匮乏,隐私,私有化,匮乏性denial否认,拒绝,拒绝承认,拒绝接受detriment弊端,损害,弊病,损益disadvantage劣势,不利因素,弊端,弱势dispossession剥夺,剥夺权,剥夺财产,剥夺权利distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰divestiture剥离,撤资,剥离资产,剥离工作expropriation征用,征收,征地,租用loss损失,亏损,损耗,丧失removal移除,拆除,清除,搬迁seizure发作,癫痫发作,扣押,查封want想,要,想要,希望withdrawal撤回,退出,撤出,撤销withholding预扣,预提,预扣款,预扣的deprival匮乏,剥夺,褫夺,匮乏性
Examples
But when it comes to energy, divestment from coal or fossil fuels is much more symbolic—and not very meaningful.
Divestment may an appealing short-term action for people concerned with the effects of coal and fossil fuels on the environment.
And in the case of South Africa, the divestment effort helped hasten the demise of an evil regime.
On campus—and even off-campus—divestment has long been a popular means of channeling outrage.
And for that, boycott-divestment supporters have been quick to pounce.
But in a slack and unreflecting fashion the divestment has gone on until the aggregate effect is unmistakable.
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