interest

noun

求知 wanting to know more

1. 兴趣；关注
   the feeling that you have when you want to know or learn more about sb/sth
   1. to feel/have/show/express (an) interest in sth
      对…感到 / 表现出 / 表示关注
   2. Do your parents take an interest in your friends?
      你的父母有兴趣了解你的朋友吗？
   3. By that time I had lost (all) interest in the idea.
      那时我已经对此想法（完全）失去兴趣了。
   4. I watched with interest .
      我兴致勃勃地看着。
   5. As a matter of interest , (= I'd like to know) what time did the party finish?
      我想知道，晚会是什么时间结束的？
   6. Just out of interest , how much did it cost?
      我只是好奇问问，这个花了你多少钱？

吸引力 attraction

2. 引人关注的性质；吸引力；趣味
   the quality that sth has when it attracts sb's attention or makes them want to know more about it
   1. There are many places of interest near the city.
      这座城市附近有许多有意思的地方。
   2. The subject is of no interest to me at all.
      我对此课题一点也不感兴趣。
   3. These plants will add interest to your garden in winter.
      这些植物在冬季会给你的花园增添胜景。

业余爱好 hobby

3. 业余爱好
   an activity or a subject that you enjoy and that you spend your free time doing or studying
   1. Her main interests are music and tennis.
      她的主要爱好是音乐和网球。
   2. He was a man of wide interests outside his work.
      他是个有广泛业余爱好的人。

钱 money

4. 利息
   the extra money that you pay back when you borrow money or that you receive when you invest money
   1. to pay interest on a loan
      付贷款利息
   2. The money was repaid with interest .
      这笔钱是带息偿还的。
   3. interest charges/payments
      利息；利息的支付
   4. Interest rates have risen by 1%.
      利率上升了1%。
   5. high rates of interest
      高利率

利益 advantage

5. 好处；利益
   a good result or an advantage for sb/sth
   1. to promote/protect/safeguard sb's interests
      为某人的利益游说；保护 / 维护某人的利益
   2. She was acting entirely in her own interests .
      她所做的完全是为了自己的好处。
   3. These reforms were in the best interests of local government.
      这些改革对地方政府最有利。
   4. It is in the public interest that these facts are made known.
      公开这些真相是为了公众的利益。

企业股份 share in business

6. （企业或公司的）股份；权益；股权
   a share in a business or company and its profits
   1. She has business interests in France.
      她在法国拥有企业权益。
   2. American interests in Europe (= money invested in European countries)
      在欧洲的美国权益

关系 connection

7. 利害关系；利益关系
   a connection with sth which affects your attitude to it, especially because you may benefit from it in some way
   1. I should, at this point, declare my interest .
      到了这个时候，我应该申明我的利益关系。
   2. Organizations have an interest in ensuring that employee motivation is high.
      各机构皆知获利之道在于确保员工士气高昂。

团体 group of people

8. 同行；同业；利害与共者；利益团体
   a group of people who are in the same business or who share the same aims which they want to protect
   1. powerful farming interests
      强大的农民团体
   2. relationships between local government and business interests
      地方政府和企业团体之间的关系

verb

1. 使感兴趣；使关注
   to attract your attention and make you feel interested; to make yourself give your attention to sth
   1. Politics doesn't interest me.
      我对政治不感兴趣。
   2. She has always interested herself in charity work.
      她始终关注慈善工作。
   3. It may interest you to know that Andy didn't accept the job.
      或许你有兴趣知道，安迪没有接受这份工作。

1. N-UNCOUNT 兴趣;兴味;关注
   If you have an interest in something, you want to learn or hear more about it.
   1. There has been a lively interest in the elections in the last two weeks...
      近两周来选举受到了热烈关注。
   2. His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted...
      他的父母设法打消他对音乐的兴趣,但他始终坚持。
   3. She'd liked him at first, but soon lost interest...
      她刚开始是喜欢他，但很快就失去了兴趣。
   4. Food was of no interest to her at all.
      食物一点都提不起她的兴趣。
2. N-COUNT 爱好
   Your interests are the things that you enjoy doing.
   1. Encourage your child in her interests and hobbies even if they're things that you know little about...
      要鼓励孩子的兴趣爱好，即使你对它们所知甚少。
   2. He developed a wide range of sporting interests as a pupil at Millfield.
      他在米尔菲尔德私立学校上学的时候培养了广泛的运动爱好。
3. VERB 使感兴趣;引起…的关注
   If something interests you, it attracts your attention so that you want to learn or hear more about it or continue doing it.
   1. That passage interested me because it seems to parallel very closely what you're doing in the novel...
      那一段引起了我的关注，因为它似乎与你在小说里所采用的手法非常相似。
   2. It may interest you to know that Miss Woods, the housekeeper, witnessed the attack.
      您或许会有兴趣知道管家伍兹小姐目击了袭击过程。
4. VERB 劝诱;说服(某人)做(某事)
   If you are trying to persuade someone to buy or do something, you can say that you are trying to interest them in it.
   1. In the meantime I can't interest you in a new car, I suppose?...
      那么我想这时候我不能说服您买辆新车了？
   2. The group wasn't able to interest them in reproducing literature specifically for women.
      这个团体没能说服他们再版专门面向女性的文学作品。
5. N-COUNT 利益;福利
   If something is in the interests of a particular person or group, it will benefit them in some way.
   1. Did those directors act in the best interests of their club?...
      那些董事行事时是以他们俱乐部的最大利益为出发点吗？
   2. The social worker would try to get her to see she was acting against the boy's interests.
      这位社会工作者会设法让她明白她这么做对这个男孩没有好处。
6. N-COUNT 利益相关者;利益集团
   You can use interests to refer to groups of people who you think use their power or money to benefit themselves.
   1. The government accused unnamed 'foreign interests' of inciting the trouble...
      政府不指名地谴责“外国利益集团”煽动骚乱。
   2. He resigned as finance minister only weeks before the election and stood against big-business interests.
      他在大选到来仅几周前辞去了财政部长职务,并抵制大公司利益集团。
7. N-COUNT 权益;股权;产权
   A person or organization that has interests in a company or in a particular type of business owns shares in this company or this type of business.
   1. Her other business interests include a theme park in Scandinavia and hotels in the West Country.
      她其他的公司股权包括斯堪的纳维亚的一个主题游乐园和英格兰西南部的几家酒店。
   2. ...the Hatch family, who controlled large dairy interests...
      掌控大量奶业股权的哈奇家族
   3. Disney will retain a 51 percent controlling interest in the venture.
      迪斯尼将保留该项目 51% 的控股权。
8. N-COUNT 利害关系
   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.
   1. The West has an interest in promoting democratic forces in Eastern Europe...
      东欧民主力量的发展与西方国家利害攸关。
   2. Domestic consumers of petroleum products have an interest in a secure source of petroleum products.
      石油产品的国内消费者希望其来源能够获得保障。
9. N-UNCOUNT 利息
   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.
   1. Does your current account pay interest?...
      你的活期账户有利息吗？
   2. This is an important step toward lower interest rates.
      这是向较低利率迈出的重要一步。
10. See also: interested interesting compound interest self-interest vested interest
11. 呼吁所有商人为了国家稳定而团结协作 → see: ...a call for all businessmen to work together in the interests of national stability.

1. Mildred and I are very compatible. She's interested in the things that interest me
   我和米尔德丽德很合得来，我感兴趣的东西她也感兴趣。
2. Interest rates went up
   利率上调了。
3. There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices.
   人们对经济、利率和房价啧有烦言。
4. Henceforward France and Britain had a common interest
   自此法国和英国有了共同的利益。
5. There has been a lively interest in the elections in the last two weeks
   近两周来选举受到了热烈关注。
6. His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted
   他的父母设法打消他对音乐的兴趣，但他始终坚持。
7. She'd liked him at first, but soon lost interest
   她刚开始是喜欢他，但很快就失去了兴趣。
8. Food was of no interest to her at all.
   食物一点都提不起她的兴趣。
9. Encourage your child in her interests and hobbies even if they're things that you know little about
   要鼓励孩子的兴趣爱好，即使你对它们所知甚少。
10. He developed a wide range of sporting interests as a pupil at Millfield.
    他在米尔菲尔德私立学校上学的时候培养了广泛的运动爱好。
11. That passage interested me because it seems to parallel very closely what you're doing in the novel
    那一段引起了我的关注，因为它似乎与你在小说里所采用的手法非常相似。
12. It may interest you to know that Miss Woods, the housekeeper, witnessed the attack.
    您或许会有兴趣知道管家伍兹小姐目击了袭击过程。
13. In the meantime I can't interest you in a new car, I suppose?
    那么我想这时候我不能说服您买辆新车了？
14. The group wasn't able to interest them in reproducing literature specifically for women.
    这个团体没能说服他们再版专门面向女性的文学作品。
15. Did those directors act in the best interests of their club?
    那些董事行事时是以他们俱乐部的最大利益为出发点吗？
16. The social worker would try to get her to see she was acting against the boy's interests.
    这位社会工作者会设法让她明白她这么做对这个男孩没有好处。
17. The government accused unnamed 'foreign interests' of inciting the trouble
    政府不指名地谴责“外国利益集团”煽动骚乱。
18. He resigned as finance minister only weeks before the election and stood against big-business interests.
    他在大选到来仅几周前辞去了财政部长职务，并抵制大公司利益集团。
19. Her other business interests include a theme park in Scandinavia and hotels in the West Country.
    她其他的公司股权包括斯堪的纳维亚的一个主题游乐园和英格兰西南部的几家酒店。
20. The West has an interest in promoting democratic forces in Eastern Europe
    东欧民主力量的发展与西方国家利害攸关。
21. Domestic consumers of petroleum products have an interest in a secure source of petroleum products.
    石油产品的国内消费者希望其来源能够获得保障。
22. Does your current account pay interest?
    你的活期账户有利息吗？
23. This is an important step toward lower interest rates.
    这是向较低利率迈出的重要一步。
24. There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has revived.
    无疑，成绩提高了，上学的兴趣也恢复了。
25. High interest rates have stunted economic growth.
    高利率已经阻碍了经济的增长。
26. Money, fame and social position have no interest for him.
    他对金钱，名誉和社会地位都不动心。
27. He developed an interest in science.
    他养成了对科学的兴趣。
28. His interest in this subject gradually decreases.
    他对这门学科的兴趣逐渐减退。
29. We have no vested interest in this respect.
    我们在这方面没有既得利益。

interest sb in sth

1. 劝说某人买（或做、吃）
   to persuade sb to buy, do or eat sth

n.

have sb's interests at heart

• 关心…的幸福成功；暗暗地替…着想
  to want sb to be happy and successful even though your actions may not show this

in the interest(s) of sth

• 为了；为帮助（或取得）
  in order to help or achieve sth
  1. In the interest(s) of safety, smoking is forbidden.
     禁止吸烟，以策安全。

to do sth (back) with interest

• 加倍回报（或回击等）
  to do the same thing to sb as they have done to you, but with more force, enthusiasm, etc.

conflict of interest(s)

• 利益（或利害）冲突
  a situation in which there are two jobs, aims, roles, etc. and it is not possible for both of them to be treated equally and fairly at the same time
  1. There was a conflict of interest between his business dealings and his political activities.
     他的商务交往与政治活动之间存在着利益冲突。

noun

1. a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
   1. sailing is her favorite pastime
   2. his main pastime is gambling
   3. he counts reading among his interests
   4. they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits

   Synonym:    pastimepursuit

2. a reason for wanting something done
   1. for your sake
   2. died for the sake of his country
   3. in the interest of safety
   4. in the common interest

   Synonym:    sake

3. the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
   1. they said nothing of great interest
   2. primary colors can add interest to a room

   Synonym:    interestingness

4. a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
   1. an interest in music

   Synonym:    involvement

5. (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
   1. the iron interests stepped up production

   Synonym:    interest group

6. (law) a right or legal share of something
   1. they have interests all over the world
   2. a stake in the company's future

   Synonym:    stake

7. a fixed charge for borrowing money
   1. how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?

verb

1. excite the curiosity of

2. be on the mind of
   1. I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift

   Synonym:    concernoccupyworry

3. be of importance or consequence
   1. This matters to me!

   Synonym:    matter to