interest
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 ['?nt(?)r?st]
- 美式音標 [??ntr?st, -t?r?st, -?tr?st]
- 國際音標 ['intrist, 'int?r-]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 興趣,愛好;利息;利益;趣味;同行
- vt. 使……感興趣;引起……的關(guān)心;使……參與
詞源解說
- 16世紀初期進入英語,直接源自盎格魯法語的interesse,意為與某人有法定關(guān)聯(lián)的事物;最初源自中世紀拉丁文語的interesse,意為補償(損失)。
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- interesting:有趣的;引起興趣的,令人關(guān)注的。
- interested:感興趣的;有權(quán)益的;有成見的。
- adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
- interestingly:有趣地。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- interested:使…感興趣(interest的過去分詞)。
用法辨析
- interest用作名詞的基本意思是“興趣”,指對某種事物的愛好,也可指感興趣的事,既可用作可數(shù)名詞,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞。
- interest也可表示“趣味,引起注意之性質(zhì)”,是不可數(shù)名詞,其后常接介詞in。
- interest也可作“愛好,嗜好”“利益”解,是可數(shù)名詞。作“利益”解時常用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
- interest還可作“利息”解,是不可數(shù)名詞。
- interest還可表示“所有權(quán)”“股份”,可用于單數(shù)形式,也可用于復(fù)數(shù)形式。
- interest的基本意思是“使某人產(chǎn)生興趣”,還可作“引起…的意愿”解,其主語可以是人,也可以是物或事。
- interest是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。動詞賓語為sb 時,表示“使(某人)對…感興趣”,動詞賓語為oneself時,表示主語本身“對…感興趣”。
- interest后常接in,表示“對…感興趣”。
- interest的過去分詞interested和現(xiàn)在分詞interesting都可用作形容詞,在句中作表語或定語。
n. (名詞)
v. (動詞)
英漢例句
- Nothing could awake his interest.
什么也不能引起他的興趣。 - That book may interest you.
那本書會讓你感興趣的。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動詞 (v.)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
詞組短語
- absorb interest 引起興趣
- awake an interest in 引起對…的興趣
- calculate interest 計算利息
- capture sb 's interest 抓住某人的興趣〔愛好〕
- catch interest 吸引
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+~
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.
- 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