interest /ˈɪntrɪst, -tərɪst/ CET4 TEM4 ( interesting, interested, interests )

• 1. 

  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。

• 2. 

  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。

• 3. 

  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。

• 4. 

  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？

• 5. 

  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？

• 6. 

  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。

• 7. 

  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 [商业]

  例：

  My father had many business interests in Vietnam.

  我父亲在越南有许多公司股权。

• 8. 

  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。

• 9. 

  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 current account pay interest?

  你的活期存款账户计息吗？

• 10. 

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

• 11. 

  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。

• 12. 

  to have someone's interests at heart →see heart