taking inventory

基本解释

Only by taking inventory of everything you own can you tell how well or poorly your wealth has held up.
只有当你将所有这些投资进行计算和总计，你才能清楚你的财富究竟是丰富还是贫乏。
The owner of the villa, who had been vacationing in Sweden, returned to France to help with the investigation, by taking inventory to determine what was stolen.
别墅的主人——案发当时在瑞士度假——回到法国协助调查，清查以确定具体失窃物品。
You might have an idea of what type of business you want to get into, but taking inventory of your capital will give you a realistic sense of what franchise opportunities are possible for your budget.
您可能有一个什么样的业务类型，你想进入的想法，但考虑到你的资本库存会给你一个什么样的特许经营机会是你的预算可能的现实意义。

So,in that respect,they are doing something fairly bold,namely, taking the hit of shutting production and correcting the vehicles that are in inventory on which they have stopped sales."

Madoff would call me collect in the morning, before he started work filling orders and taking inventory at the commissary, a convenience store for the inmates.
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Taking inventory is the first step to reclaiming economic power.
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