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. 兴趣;兴味;关注
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There has been a lively interest in the elections in the last two weeks. [+ in]
近两周来选举受到了热烈关注。
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His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted. [+ in]
他的父母设法打消他对音乐的兴趣,但他始终坚持。
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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。
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Food was of no interest to her at all. [+ to]
食物一点都提不起她的兴趣。
SYN importance, concern, significance, moment
2 N-COUNT 爱好 Your interests are the things that you enjoy doing. 爱好
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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。
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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。
SYN hobby, activity, pursuit, entertainment
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. 使感兴趣;引起…的关注
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That passage interested me because it seems to parallel very closely what you're doing in the novel. [VERB noun]
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。
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It may interest you to know that Miss Woods, the housekeeper, witnessed the attack. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
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. 劝诱;说服(某人)做(某事)
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In the meantime I can't interest you in a new car, I suppose?. [VERB noun + in]
那么我想这时候我不能说服您买辆新车了？
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The group wasn't able to interest them in reproducing literature specifically for women. [V n in n/-ing]
这个团体没能说服他们再版专门面向女性的文学作品。
SYN sell, persuade to buy
5 N-COUNT [usually plural] 利益;福利 If something is in the interests of a particular person or group, it will benefit them in some way. 利益;福利
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Did those directors act in the best interests of their club?. [+ of]
那些董事行事时是以他们俱乐部的最大利益为出发点吗？
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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。
SYN advantage, good, benefit, profit
6 N-COUNT [usually plural] 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. 利益相关者;利益集团
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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。
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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. 权益;股权;产权 [business]
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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。
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...the Hatch family, who controlled large dairy interests.
掌控大量奶业股权的哈奇家族
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Disney will retain a 51 percent controlling interest in the venture. [+ in]
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. 利害关系
SYN stake, investment
9 N-UNCOUNT [oft NOUN n] 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. 利息
SYN returns, profits, dividends
10 See also: interested interesting compound interest self-interest vested interest
11 PHRASE 为了（或符合)…的利益;有助于 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→see: heart 为了（或符合)…的利益;有助于
| Word Partnership | Use interest with: |
| N. | level of interest, places of interest, self-interest 1 conflict of interest 7 8 interest charges, interest expenses, interest payments 9 |
| VERB. | attract interest, express interest, lose interest 1 earn interest, pay interest 9 |
| ADJ. | great interest, little interest, strong interest 1 8 |
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