| 单词 | public interest |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspublic interest public interest n. the benefit or advantage of the community as a whole; the public good. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > general or public wealth1390 common gooda1393 the sum of things?c1400 public good1427 commonweal1429 weal1444 commonwealtha1450 public weala1470 common publicc1475 weal-public1495 public wealth1541 public welfare1579 publica1586 public interest1591 the public (also general) concern1707 summa rerum1715 1591 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. ii. v. 90 Now the publike interest doth not onely rest in this, when some benefite is comming towards the common treasure, but is chiefly shewed by procuring common tranquillity and repose of the subiect. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 102 Both Parties joyn'd to do their best, To Damn the Publick Interest. 1730 Viscount Bolingbroke Craftsman (1731) VII. 22 No Man, who adheres to it, hath the least pretence left him to say that he pursues the publick Interest. 1858 Disraeli in Hansard Commons 27 Apr. 1822 Not..one who proposes a course which will conduce to the advantage of the public interest. 1995 Times 25 Sept. 21/1 He was the government watchdog who snapped at the heels of those price-fixers and trade rings who were operating against the public interest. < as lemmas |
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