The amount of capital invested dropped by 19%, the biggest quarterly decline since 2012.

资本投资额下降了19%，为2012年以来的最大季度降幅。

For example, calculations of return on capital look more impressive with an inflated numerator (present returns) and the denominator (capital invested in the past) in old dollars.

例如，在分子(现在的回报)涨高，而分母(过去投资的资本)按旧美元来计价的情况下，资本回报率的计算看起来会更令人印象深刻。

The importance of the problem is shown by the fact that one-fourth of all the capital invested in the telephone has been spent in copper.

这个问题的重要性可以从以下事实中看出：投资于电话的所有资本中有四分之一都花在了铜上。

In 2021 venture investors put more than $12bn into global hr tech startups, roughly 3.6 times the capital invested in them in 2020, according to PitchBook, a data provider.

数据提供商PitchBook的数据显示，2021年，风险投资者向全球人力资源科技初创公司投入了逾120亿美元，约为2020年的3.6倍。

But pressure from shareholders to improve returns on capital invested and the stigma associated with new investment in fossil fuels has raised the bar for deploying capital.

但是，股东要求提高投资资本回报率的压力以及与化石燃料新投资相关的耻辱提高了配置资本的门槛。