按国家的规模和财富来衡量,美国对大学研究及其相关研究的投资总的说来少于西欧的科技大国,而在自然科学领域投资短缺的现象是最为明显的。 Measured by the size and wealth of the country, the U.S. investment in university research and its related research in general is less than that of the big scientific and technological powers in Western Europe. The shortage of investment in the natural sciences is most obvious.