Interest

['ɪnt(ə)rɪst] or ['ɪntrəst]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); 'they said nothing of great interest'; 'primary colors can add interest to a room'.

(noun.) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; 'an interest in music'.

(noun.) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; 'the iron interests stepped up production'.

(noun.) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; 'they have interests all over the world'; 'a stake in the company's future'.

(noun.) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed; 'how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?'.

(verb.) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of.

艾伯特整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.

(n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.

(n.) To cause or permit to share.

(n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.

(n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.

(n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.

(n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.

(n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.

(n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

海尔格校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Concern, affect, touch, be of importance to.[2]. Engage, enlist.

n. [1]. Good, benefit, profit, weal, advantage.[2]. Share, portion, part, participation.[3]. Concern, regard, sympathy.[4]. Authority, influence.[5]. Selfishness, self-interest, private interest.[6]. Premium for the use of money, profit from money loaned.

乔琳整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Concern, {business_advantage}, profit, attention, curiosity_behalf, cause,share

ANT:Unconcern, disconnection, repudiation, disadvantage, loss, inattention,incuriosity, indifference

德布斯錄入

解釋/意思:

n. advantage: premium paid for the use of money (in Compound interest the interest of each period is added to its principal and the amount forms a new principal for the next period): any increase: concern: special attention: influence over others: share: participation.—n. (Spens.) In′teress interest concern.—v.t. to concern deeply.—Equitable interest such interest as is protected by courts of equity although it might not be at common law; Landed interest (see Landed); Vested interest an interest thoroughly secure and inalienable except for public use and upon compensation.—Make interest for to secure interest on behalf of.

v.t. to engage the attention: to awaken concern in: to excite (in behalf of another).—adj. In′terested having an interest or concern: affected or biassed by personal considerations self-interest &c.—adv. In′terestedly.—n. In′terestedness.—adj. In′teresting engaging the attention or regard: exciting emotion or passion.—adv. In′terestingly.—n. In′terestingness.—In an interesting condition in the family way.

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