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  • [ˈɪntrɪst]
  • Conjugation : past  interested ; pp  interested ; ing  interesting
  • Derivatives : adj  interesting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

interest ['ɪntrɪst]
  1. 1. noun [u/s] (in subject,idea,person) 兴趣
    There has been a lively interest in the elections.
    大家选举兴致颇高。
  2. 2. noun [c] (pastime,hobby) 爱好
    His interests include cooking and photography.
    他的爱好包括烹调摄影
  3. 3. noun [c] (advantage,profit) 利益
    They would protect the interests of their members.
    他们保护成员利益
  4. 4. noun [u] (on loan,savings) 利息
    Does your current account pay interest?
    你的活期存款账户付利息吗?
    the interest you pay on your mortgage
    你付贷款利息
  5. 5. n pl [商] interests (in a company) 股权
    Her business interests include a theme park.
    她的公司股权包括一个主题公园
  6. 6. vt. [work] [ subject] [ idea+] 使感兴趣
    These are the stories that interest me.
    这些是使我感兴趣故事
    to take an interest in sth/sb
    对某事/某人感兴趣
    to show an interest in sth/sb
    显露对某事/某人兴趣
    to lose interest (in sth/sb)
    对(某事/某人失去兴趣
    controlling interest
    [商] 控股权益
    to be in sb's interests
    某人有益
    in the interests of stability/security
    稳定/安全起见
    to interest sb in sth
    使某人对某事发生兴趣

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

interest [ˈɪntrɪst]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] 兴趣好奇心
    Carla seemed surprised by my sudden interest in her personal well-being.
    对于突然关注起她的个人幸福卡拉感到意外
  2. 2. n.[c/u] 好处权益利益
    I am doing this in the interest of the great majority of our people.
    这样做是为了大多数人民利益
  3. 3. n.[u] 趣味魅力吸引力
    An unusual change of alignment can add interest and draw attention to a dancer's statement.
    一个排列上的不平常改变能够使舞者的语言增加趣味吸引观众注意力
    They said nothing of great interest.
    他们没有什么有趣事情
    PriMary colors can add interest to a room.
    原色可以增加房间情趣
  4. 4. n.[u] 利息
    The interest rate rises did appear to succeed in depressing the dollar.
    利率提高似乎成功地使美元贬值
    How much interest do you pay on your mortgage?
    抵押物品利息多少
  5. 5. n.[c] [Law] 股权所有权合法权益
    Their interests in the company are held in a family trust.
    他们公司里的股权包含家庭信托基金内的。
    They have interests all over the world.
    他们在全世界拥有自己的股权
  6. 6. n.[c] 利益集团同业同行
    The oil interests were not too verbal on the subject.
    石油利益这个课题上并没有过多地在言辞表达出来
    The iron interests stepped up production.
    铁的利润刺激生产
  7. 7. n.[c] 爱好嗜好
    Her interest is clearly far more in politics than in poetry.
    显然,她对政治的爱好要远胜于诗歌
    He counts reading among his interests.
    他把阅读算在他的兴趣范围内。
  8. 8. vt. 引起……的好奇心,使感兴趣
    This book certainly provides a commentary that will interest historians of the 1939-1945 war.
    这本书所作出的注解无疑会使历史学家们对1939-1945年间战争产生兴趣
  9. 9. vt. 使关注,使担心
  10. 10. vt. 涉及……的利益,对……有影响
    Such things don't interest him.
    他对这些不感兴趣

Collins English-English Dictionary

interest ['ɪntrɪst]
  1. 1. n the sense of curiosity about or concern with something or someone
    an interest in butterflies
  2. 2. n the power of stimulating such a sense
    to have great interest
  3. 3. n the quality of such stimulation
  4. 4. n something in which one is interested; a hobby or pursuit
  5. 5. n [often plural] benefit; advantage
    in one's own interest
  6. 6. n [often plural] a right, share, or claim, esp in a business or property
  7. 7. n the business, property, etc, in which a person has such concern
  8. 8. n a charge for the use of credit or borrowed money
  9. 9. n such a charge expressed as a percentage per time unit of the sum borrowed or used
  10. 10. n [often plural] a section of a community, etc, whose members have common aims
    we must not offend the landed interest
  11. 11. vt. [tr] to arouse or excite the curiosity or concern of
  12. 12. vt. to cause to become involved in something; concern
  13. 13. vt. [Etymology] C15: from Latin: it concerns, from interesse; from inter- + esse to be

Examples

The compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged.
因为贷款的净金额减少,但所支付的利息没有变,所以,补偿金额增加了银行的有效利息率。
beneficial interest
可享受利益的股份
interest compounded off semiannually
每半年按复利付息
savings that draw interest
有息储蓄
ex interest
无利息(不论到期与否)

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