in·ter·est /ɪntrɪst, -tərɪst/ ( interests, interesting, interested ) CET4

• N-UNCOUNT If you have an interest in something, you want to learn or hear more about it. 兴趣 [also 'a' N]

  例: There has been a lively interest in the elections in the last two weeks.

  过去两周人们对选举一直有强烈的兴趣。

  例: She'd liked him at first, but soon lost interest.

  最初她喜欢过他，但很快就失去了兴趣。

• N-COUNT Your interests are the things that you enjoy doing. 爱好

  例: Encourage your child in her interests and hobbies.

  鼓励你的孩子发展她的兴趣和爱好。

• V-T If something interests you, it attracts your attention so that you want to learn or hear more about it or continue doing it. 使感兴趣

  例: Your financial problems do not interest me.

  我对你的财务问题不感兴趣。

• V-T If you are trying to persuade someone to buy or do something, you can say that you are trying to interest them in it. 引起 (购买或做某事) 的意愿

  例: Can I interest you in a new car?

  我给你介绍一下新车，你感兴趣吗？

• N-COUNT If something is in the interests of a particular person or group, it will benefit them in some way. 利益

  例: Did those directors act in the best interests of their club?

  那些董事们是从他们俱乐部的最大利益出发而行动的吗？

• N-COUNT You can use interests to refer to groups of people who you think use their power or money to benefit themselves. 利益集团

  例: The government accused unnamed "foreign interests" of inciting the trouble.

  政府不点名地指责一些“外国利益集团”煽动骚乱。

• N-COUNT 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. 股权 [BUSINESS]

  例: My father had many business interests in Vietnam.

  我父亲在越南有许多公司股权。

• N-COUNT 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. 利害关系

  例: The West has an interest in promoting democratic forces in Eastern Europe.

  西方国家在促使东欧民主力量壮大中有利害关系。

• N-UNCOUNT 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. 利息

  例: Does your checking account pay interest?

  你的活期存款账户计息吗？

• →see also interested, interesting, compound interest, self-interest, vested interest

• PHRASE 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. 为了…的利益

  例: ...a call for all businessmen to work together in the interests of national stability.

  …为了国家稳定而向所有商人发出的共同合作的号召。

• to have someone's interests at heart →see heart