英语词汇“interest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	interest
释义	in·ter·est I. \ˈin.trə̇st also ˈintərə̇st or ˈintəˌrest or ˈintərst sometimes ˈin.ˌtrest\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French interesse, from Medieval Latin, legal interest, compensation, interest on money, from Latin, to concern, be of importance, from inter- + esse to be; influenced by Middle French interest damage, loss, compensation for damage, from Old French, damage, loss, from Latin, it concerns, is of importance, 3d person singular present indicative of interesse — more at is 1. a. : right, title, or legal share in something < what exactly is your interest in this affair > : participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility < half interest in a hardware business > < offered to buy out his interest in the company > : stake, claim b. : something in which one has a share of ownership or control : business < has interests all over the world > c. obsolete : a share in producing a total effect or result 2. a. : the state of being concerned or affected especially with respect to advantage or well-being : good, benefit, profit < engaged a lawyer to look after his interests > < acting always in his own interest > < each faction made concessions in the common interest > < speed laws passed in the interest of safety > specifically : self-interest < sacrifice of personal interest by men who believed in the job they were doing — T.W.Arnold > < distinguish fact from fiction … interest from impartiality — Elmer Davis > b. : something that is the object of desire < natural interest in seeing his children well educated > 3. a. : the price paid for borrowing money generally expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed paid in one year < interest on a loan > < interest on a bond > — see compound interest, simple interest b. : the money so paid < interest on certain indebtedness is deductible from taxable income > c. : the share received by capital from the product of industry as distinguished from rent and profit and wages — see pure interest 4. : an excess over and above an exact equivalent < returned the insults with interest > 5. : the power of influencing < interest with the boss > 6. a. : the persons effectively controlling an enterprise or dominating a field of activity < landed interest > < iron interest > < banking interest > < Protestant interest > b. interests plural : the dominating group of owners in a field of business, industry, or finance considered locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally; sometimes : big business 7. a. : a feeling that accompanies or causes special attention to some object : curiosity, concern < took a lively interest in the divorce proceedings in court > < lifelong interest in sports > < interest in arctic exploration > < interest in child welfare > b. : readiness to attend to and be stirred by a certain class of objects < testing the aptitudes, interests, emotions of the patient > c. : something that causes or arouses curiosity or concern < campaign of great intrinsic interest to military students > < question of great philosophic interest > 8. a. obsolete : injury b. obsolete : compensation for injury : damages II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to cause to share or participate < this holding company through which the public is interested in the Emperor mine — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > 2. : to involve the interest or welfare of : affect, concern — used with in < interested herself exuberantly in the progress of the political campaign — Robert Grant †1940 > < thanked those who had interested themselves in his behalf > 3. : to cause or induce to have a share or interest : persuade to participate or engage < city authorities began to interest themselves in the parking problem > < interest a banker in a loan > < can I interest you in a game of bridge > 4. : to engage or attract the attention of : arouse interest in < would find some picture that interested him, in an old magazine — Floyd Dell > < offer a market that ought to interest any businessman — Andrew Boyd > III. noun : the profit in goods or money that is made on invested capital
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