in·ter·est

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【释义】：

n．❶ 关心，兴趣，趣味，好奇心：listen to it with interest 津津有味地听著．arouse sb．’s interest in引起某人对…的兴趣．He feels(or takes)a great deal of interest in the installation of transistors．他对安装半导体收音机很感兴趣．It is a matter of great interest to us all．这是我们大家都十分关心的事．❷ 爱好：Swimming and skating are his two interests．游泳和滑冰是他的两项爱好．❸ (常pl．)利益，福利：work entirely in the people’s interests彻底地为人民的利益工作．❹ 重要(性)，重大．a matter of considerable(not much) interest 相当(不很)重要的事情．❺ 利息：annual interest 年利．compound(simple) interest 复(单)利．interest on bounds公债利息．with interest 加重地，加强地：return a blow with interest 狠狠地还击．❻ 股份，所有权，财产：have no interest in a business和某企业无关系(没有股份)．❼ (常pl．)同业者：the shipping interests海运业者．

－vt．❶ 使发生兴趣，使注意，使关心：Swimming interests me．游泳引起我的兴趣．Can you interest him in this question?你能使他注意这问题吗?The foreign guests were greatly interested in acupuncture．外宾们对针刺很感兴趣．❷ 使有关系，有股份：We expect you to interest yourself in the job．我们希望你参与这项工作．