1desire to learn/hear more about sb/sth興趣ADJECTIVE | VERB + INTEREST | INTEREST + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤avid, close, considerable, consuming, deep, great, intense, keen, lively, passionate, real, strong強烈的興趣;密切的關注;相當大的興趣;極大的興趣;濃厚的興趣;興致勃勃◇The police were starting to take a close interest in the company's activities.警方開始密切關注該公司的活動。◇She always had a great interest in the supernatural.她一直對超自然現象懷有極大的興趣。➤particular, special特別的關注;特殊的興趣▸➤growing, increased, increasing日益增長的興趣;越來越大的興趣▸➤slightest一丁點兒的興趣◇He's never shown the slightest interest in football.他從未對足球表現出絲毫的興趣。➤little極少的興趣▸➤general, widespread一般的興趣;廣泛的關注▸➤current目前的興趣▸➤worldwide全世界的關注▸➤shared相同的興趣▸➤serious認真的關注▸➤genuine真正的興趣▸➤abiding, lifelong, long-standing持久的/終生的/歷久不衰的興趣▸➤passing短暫的興趣▸➤sudden突發的興趣◇Why the sudden interest?為什麼突然有了興趣?➤renewed重新恢復的興趣▸➤added額外的興趣◇The CD-ROM gives the book added interest.只讀光盤增加了人們對該書的興趣。➤active積極的關注➤polite出於禮貌表現出的興趣◇He showed a polite interest in her story.他出於禮貌對她的故事表現出興趣。➤personal個人的興趣▸➤professional職業興趣▸➤media媒體的關注◇The event attracted a lot of media interest.該事件得到了媒體的密切關注。➤sexual性方面的興趣VERB + INTEREST➤have有興趣▸➤evince, express, show, take表現出興趣;表示關注◇My cousin expressed an interest in seeing where I work.我表弟表示有興趣看看我工作的地方。➤feign佯裝感興趣◇She feigned interest in a magazine article to avoid meeting the man's stare.她假裝對雜誌上的一篇文章感興趣,以避開那位男士盯視的目光。➤lose失去興趣▸➤arouse, attract, awaken, catch, create, draw, drum up, excite, generate, kindle, pique, spark, stimulate, stir up激發興趣;吸引關注;引起關注;使產生興趣;燃起興趣◇A sticker on a bag caught my interest.袋子上的貼紙引起了我的興趣。◇The government failed to drum up any public interest in the referendum.政府沒能讓公眾對全民公決產生絲毫興趣。◇A childhood trip to Europe sparked his lifelong interest in history.兒時的一次歐洲之旅點燃了他對歷史持續終生的興趣。➤develop產生興趣◇While in prison he developed an interest in art.他坐牢時對藝術產生了興趣。➤increase增加興趣▸➤keep, maintain, sustain保持興趣盎然;維持興趣◇The film kept my interest throughout.影片從頭至尾一直令我興趣盎然。◇The channel has failed to maintain interest in its expensive new show.這個頻道沒能維持住公眾對其成本高昂的新節目的興趣。➤revive使重燃興趣INTEREST + VERB➤grow興趣增長▸➤flag, wane興趣減退/衰退◇The children's interest began to flag after half an hour of the lesson.課上了半小時以後,孩子們的興趣開始減退。PREPOSITION➤for interest, out of interest由於/出於興趣◇I'm asking purely out of interest.我提出這個問題純粹是出於興趣。➤with interest有興趣地◇They listened with interest.他們聽得津津有味。➤interest among⋯中的興趣◇to stimulate interest among teachers激發教師們的興趣➤interest from來自⋯的關注◇growing interest from younger members年輕成員日益增長的興趣➤interest in對⋯的興趣◇She took an active interest in their welfare.她對他們的幸福極為關心。interest
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2quality that attracts attention引人關注的性質ADJECTIVE | VERB + INTEREST | INTEREST + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤great巨大的吸引力▸➤particular, special特別的吸引力◇Her comments are of particular interest to me.她的評論讓我特別感興趣。➤little沒多少趣味▸➤immediate立即的吸引力◇This information was of no immediate interest to me.這條消息沒能立即引起我的興趣。➤broad, general, wide廣泛的吸引力▸➤architectural, artistic, historic, historical, scientific建築魅力;藝術魅力;歷史名勝;科學價值▸➤academic學術意義◇Since the championship has already been decided, this game is of purely academic interest.既然冠軍歸屬已經確定,這場比賽就只有形式上的意義了。➤human人情味◇a plot devoid of human interest缺乏人情味的情節➤love戀愛對象◇Angelina Jolie supplies the love interest in the movie.安吉麗娜・朱莉在影片中扮演主角愛戀的對象。VERB + INTEREST➤be of有吸引力◇His books are of no interest to me at all.他的書對我毫無吸引力。➤hold no引不起興趣◇Their conversation held no interest for me.他們的談話絲毫引不起我的興趣。➤add增加趣味◇Bushes that flower in winter will add interest to your garden.冬季開花的灌木會為您的花園增添情趣。INTEREST + VERB➤lie in趣味在於◇The interest of the painting lies in its unusual use of light.這幅畫吸引人之處在於其獨特的用光技巧。PREPOSITION➤of interest有吸引力◇a building of great architectural interest極富建築美感的建築物interest
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3sth you enjoy doing/learning about喜歡做的事;願意學的東西ADJECTIVE | VERB + INTERESTADJECTIVE➤diverse, varied, wide, wide-ranging豐富多彩的愛好;廣泛的愛好▸➤private個人嗜好▸➤shared共同的愛好▸➤outside業餘愛好◇He has many hobbies and outside interests.他有許多閒暇嗜好和業餘愛好。➤main, primary主要的興趣◇My main research interest is herbal medicine.我的主要研究興趣是草藥。➤artistic, musical, etc.藝術方面、音樂方面等的愛好▸➤research研究興趣VERB + INTEREST➤have有愛好▸➤share有共同的愛好▸➤pursue發展愛好◇He wanted time to pursue his many and varied musical interests.他希望有時間從事自己豐富多彩的音樂愛好。interest
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4money earned from investments從投資中獲取的金錢ADJECTIVE | VERB + INTEREST | INTEREST + VERB | INTEREST + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤annual, monthly, etc.年息、月息等▸➤compound, simple複利;單利▸➤mortgage抵押利息VERB + INTEREST➤earn, receive賺取利息;獲利▸➤pay支付利息▸➤charge收取利息INTEREST + VERB➤accrue, bear利息增長/產生INTEREST + NOUN➤rate利率▸➤payment利息的支付▸➤charge利息的收取PREPOSITION➤interest on⋯的利息◇to pay interest on a loan支付借款利息PHRASES➤a rate of interest利率◇a mortgage with a fixed rate of interest固定利率的按揭interest
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5benefits that sth has for sb好處ADJECTIVE | VERB + INTEREST | INTEREST + VERB | INTEREST + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤best interest, best interests最大利益◇It's not in your best interests to let your boss know you're looking for a new job.讓老闆知道你想另謀高就對你不利。◇I feel it is in everyone's best interest if I step aside now.我覺得我現在退下來符合每個人的最大利益。➤own, selfish自己的利益;私利◇You can't blame them for looking after their own interests. (especially BrE) 他們追求自己的利益無可厚非。➤common, mutual, shared共同利益▸➤competing, conflicting, contradictory相互競爭的/相互衝突的/相互矛盾的利益▸➤long-term, short-term長遠/短期利益▸➤narrow狹隘的利益◇Protectionism often simply supports narrow vested interests.保護主義支持的常常就是狹隘的既得利益。➤direct直接利益◇Lawyers have a direct financial interest in the outcome of the debate.辯論的結果直接關係着律師們的經濟利益。➤paramount, vital至高無上的/重大的利益▸➤powerful巨大的利益▸➤legitimate合法利益▸➤vested既得利益▸➤special (especially NAmE) 特殊利益◇The views of special-interest groups are represented.特殊利益集團的觀點也有所代表。➤national, public國家/公眾利益▸➤class, sectarian, sectional階級/教派/群體利益▸➤foreign, outside外方/外部利益▸➤corporate, economic, financial, political, security, strategic, etc.集體、經濟、金融、政治、安全、戰略等利益◇issues of compelling strategic interest具有誘人戰略利益的問題VERB + INTEREST➤defend, guard, look after, protect, safeguard捍衞利益;維護利益;保護利益▸➤act in, advance, champion, further, promote, serve根據利益行事;增進利益;擁護利益;擴大利益;為利益服務◇He claimed to be acting in the public interest.他聲稱自己的行為是為了公眾的利益。◇This policy serves the interests of the United States.這一政策為美國的利益服務。➤represent代表利益▸➤act against, jeopardize, threaten違背/損害/威脅利益INTEREST + VERB➤lie in sth利益在於⋯▸➤be at stake利益岌岌可危INTEREST + NOUN➤group利益集團◇Various interest groups have expressed their opposition to the policy.各利益集團紛紛表示反對這項政策。PREPOSITION➤against sb's/sth's interest違背⋯的利益◇The lawyer refused to act against his client's interests.律師拒絕做出有損委託人利益的行為。➤contrary to sb's/sth's interest與⋯的利益相悖◇The union refused to support proposals that it saw as contrary to the interests of its members.工會對於那些會違背會員利益的提議拒不支持。➤in sb's/sth's interest, in sb's/sth's interests (especially BrE) 為了⋯的利益◇Continuing such a policy is short-sighted and not in the interest of consumers.繼續執行這樣的政策是目光短淺,而且不符合顧客們的利益。◇New work practices were introduced in the interests of efficiency.為了提高效率引進了新的工作方法。➤of interest具有利益的◇We met to discuss matters of common interest.我們聚在一起討論事關共同利益的問題。➤out of interest出於利益◇He was obviously acting purely out of selfish interest.顯然他這麼做純粹是出於一己私利。PHRASES➤a conflict of interest, a conflict of interests (especially BrE) 利益衝突◇One member of the planning committee had a conflict of interest as he lived near the proposed road.規劃委員會的一位成員就住在計劃建設的公路旁,因此有利益上的衝突。➤have sb's interests at heart暗暗替某人着想◇Although he was sometimes too strict with his children, he had their best interests at heart.儘管他有時對孩子們過於嚴厲,但他是為他們着想。interest
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6legal right to share in profits權益ADJECTIVE | VERB + INTEREST | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤powerful大股權▸➤controlling, majority控制性/多數股權▸➤minority少數股權▸➤joint共同擁有的股權▸➤banking, business, commercial, shipping銀行/企業/商業/航運業股權VERB + INTEREST➤have擁有股權◇He has controlling interests in several ventures.他握有好幾家企業的控股股權。➤sell出售股權PREPOSITION➤interest in在⋯中的股權interest
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ADVERB | VERB + INTERESTADVERB➤greatly, particularly, really, very much使極感興趣;使特別感興趣◇It is this aspect of the work that really interests me.真正令我感興趣的是工作的這個方面。VERB + INTEREST➤try to努力使感興趣◇She tried to interest the director in her plan.她努力使導演對她的方案產生興趣。