sort of innovative usage of the noun "leverage"; personally, I think it's about generating an outcome which is many times of the input

thanks.

In the following setence, "What core competencies and transferableskills would McD's be able to leverage from its tranditional fast foodbusiness".

In chinese, what this leverage means ?

leverage
兩－槓桿；槓桿作用
內－憑債收購；槓桿作用利益
港－槓桿效應；槓桿比率；槓桿借貸
台－槓桿作用； 槓桿操作； 財務
槓桿；實值槓桿

In english, "The use of credit or borrowed funds to improve one's speculativecapacity and increase the rate of return from an investment, as inbuying securities on margin."

leverage      
    1 leverage  
Leverage is the ability to influence situations or people so that you can control what happens.
     His function as a Mayor affords him the leverage to get things done through attending committee meetings.
N-UNCOUNT  

    2 leverage  
Leverage is the force that is applied to an object when something such as a lever is used.
     The spade and fork  have longer shafts, providing better leverage.
N-UNCOUNT  

    3 leverage   leverages   leveraging   leveraged  
In business, to leverage a company or investment means to use borrowed money in order to buy it or pay for it. (TECHNICAL)
     He might feel that leveraging the company at a time when he sees tremendous growth opportunities would be a mistake.
VB  

    ?leveraged  
     The committee  voted to limit tax refunds for corporations involved in leveraged buyouts.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n  

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楼主说的对，好多地方都出现啊，确切含义好像很多的吧？统计学中leverage应该是用于模型稳定性评价的一个指标，译为“杠杆值”？