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interest

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['ɪnt(ə)rɪst]
  • 美式音标 [ˈɪntrɪst, -tərɪst, -ˌtrɛst]
  • 国际音标 ['intrist, 'intər-]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 兴趣，爱好；利息；利益；趣味；同行
  • vt. 使……感兴趣；引起……的关心；使……参与

词源解说

  • 16世纪初期进入英语，直接源自盎格鲁法语的interesse，意为与某人有法定关联的事物；最初源自中世纪拉丁文语的interesse，意为补偿（损失）。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    interesting：有趣的；引起兴趣的，令人关注的。
    interested：感兴趣的；有权益的；有成见的。
  • adv性质的同根词
    interestingly：有趣地。
  • v性质的同根词
    interested：使…感兴趣（interest的过去分词）。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • interest用作名词的基本意思是“兴趣”,指对某种事物的爱好,也可指感兴趣的事,既可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。
  • interest也可表示“趣味,引起注意之性质”,是不可数名词,其后常接介词in。
  • interest也可作“爱好,嗜好”“利益”解,是可数名词。作“利益”解时常用复数形式。
  • interest还可作“利息”解,是不可数名词。
  • interest还可表示“所有权”“股份”,可用于单数形式,也可用于复数形式。

    • v. (动词)

  • interest的基本意思是“使某人产生兴趣”,还可作“引起…的意愿”解,其主语可以是人,也可以是物或事。
  • interest是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。动词宾语为sb 时,表示“使(某人)对…感兴趣”,动词宾语为oneself时,表示主语本身“对…感兴趣”。
  • interest后常接in,表示“对…感兴趣”。
  • interest的过去分词interested和现在分词interesting都可用作形容词,在句中作表语或定语。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • Nothing could awake his interest.
    什么也不能引起他的兴趣。

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • That book may interest you.
    那本书会让你感兴趣的。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • absorb interest 引起兴趣
  • awake an interest in 引起对…的兴趣
  • calculate interest 计算利息
  • capture sb 's interest 抓住某人的兴趣〔爱好〕
  • catch interest 吸引

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (INVOLVEMENT) the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more about something
  • (ADVANTAGE) something that brings advantages to or affects someone or something
  • (MONEY) money that is charged by a bank or other financial organization for borrowing money
  • (LEGAL RIGHT) an involvement or a legal right, usually relating to a business or possessions
  • If someone or something interests you, you want to give that person or thing your attention and discover more about him, her, or it.

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you have an interest in something, you want to learn or hear more about it.
  • Your interests are the things that you enjoy doing.
  • If something interests you, it attracts your attention so that you want to learn or hear more about it or continue doing it.
  • If you are trying to persuade someone to buy or do something, you can say that you are trying to interest them in it.
  • If something is in the interests of a particular person or group, it will benefit them in some way.
  • You can use interests to refer to groups of people who you think use their power or money to benefit themselves.
  • A person or organization that has an interest in an area, a company, a property or in a particular type of business owns stock in it.
  • If a person, country, or organization has an interest in a possible event or situation, they want that event or situation to happen because they are likely to benefit from it.
  • Interest is extra money that you receive if you have invested a sum of money. Interest is also the extra money that you pay if you have borrowed money or are buying something on credit.
  • &rarrsee also interested , interesting , compound interest , self-interest , vested interest
  • If you do something in the interests of a particular result or situation, you do it in order to achieve that result or maintain that situation.
  • to have someone's interests at heart&rarrsee heart