A：Let's review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office?
      我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们可以搬进新的办公室？

B：Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things.
      七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去，不过搬进去和实际开始工作是两回事。

A：Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up.
      说得好。无论如何，我会要我们新任的市场经理，海伦.派克帮忙我们打点一切。

B：What is she doing?
      她是做什么的？

investigate

A：She's overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth.
      她监督机器设备的采购等等。

B：Does she have a background in that sort of thing?
      她有那方面的背景吗？

A：As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance.
      事实上，她上一个公司从行销到财务，实际上都是她在运作的。

B：I'm looking forward to meeting her.
      我期待认识她。

A：Have you begun to investigate factories? I'm so glad we aren't going to try to run our own factory at first.
      你开始调查工厂了吗？我很高兴我们没有先试图设立自己的工厂。

investigate的翻译

B：Yes, I've started. And I've found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos-
      是的，开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标——

investigate的反义词

A：Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . .
      商标，标语，信头，名片……

B：You thought setting up a company was going to be easy?
      你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗？

1. 调查;审查
    If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth.

    e.g. Gas officials are investigating the cause of an explosion which badly damaged a house in Hampshire...
           煤气系统的官员正在调查一起瓦斯爆炸的起因,这起事故严重毁坏了汉普郡的一所房屋。
    e.g. The two officers were being investigated by the director of public prosecutions...
           两名警官正在接受检察官的审查。