interest

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16世紀(jì)初期進(jìn)入英語(yǔ)，直接源自盎格魯法語(yǔ)的interesse，意為與某人有法定關(guān)聯(lián)的事物；最初源自中世紀(jì)拉丁文語(yǔ)的interesse，意為補(bǔ)償（損失）。

adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
interesting：有趣的；引起興趣的，令人關(guān)注的。
interested：感興趣的；有權(quán)益的；有成見(jiàn)的。
adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
interestingly：有趣地。
v性質(zhì)的同根詞
interested：使…感興趣（interest的過(guò)去分詞）。

interest用作名詞的基本意思是“興趣”,指對(duì)某種事物的愛(ài)好,也可指感興趣的事,既可用作可數(shù)名詞,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞。
interest也可表示“趣味,引起注意之性質(zhì)”,是不可數(shù)名詞,其后常接介詞in。
interest也可作“愛(ài)好,嗜好”“利益”解,是可數(shù)名詞。作“利益”解時(shí)常用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
interest還可作“利息”解,是不可數(shù)名詞。
interest還可表示“所有權(quán)”“股份”,可用于單數(shù)形式,也可用于復(fù)數(shù)形式。

interest的基本意思是“使某人產(chǎn)生興趣”,還可作“引起…的意愿”解,其主語(yǔ)可以是人,也可以是物或事。
interest是及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)。動(dòng)詞賓語(yǔ)為sb 時(shí),表示“使(某人)對(duì)…感興趣”,動(dòng)詞賓語(yǔ)為oneself時(shí),表示主語(yǔ)本身“對(duì)…感興趣”。
interest后常接in,表示“對(duì)…感興趣”。
interest的過(guò)去分詞interested和現(xiàn)在分詞interesting都可用作形容詞,在句中作表語(yǔ)或定語(yǔ)。

(INVOLVEMENT) the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more about something
(ADVANTAGE) something that brings advantages to or affects someone or something
(MONEY) money that is charged by a bank or other financial organization for borrowing money
(LEGAL RIGHT) an involvement or a legal right, usually relating to a business or possessions
If someone or something interests you, you want to give that person or thing your attention and discover more about him, her, or it.

If you have an interest in something, you want to learn or hear more about it.
Your interests are the things that you enjoy doing.
If something interests you, it attracts your attention so that you want to learn or hear more about it or continue doing it.
If you are trying to persuade someone to buy or do something, you can say that you are trying to interest them in it.
If something is in the interests of a particular person or group, it will benefit them in some way.
You can use interests to refer to groups of people who you think use their power or money to benefit themselves.
A person or organization that has an interest in an area, a company, a property or in a particular type of business owns stock in it.
If a person, country, or organization has an interest in a possible event or situation, they want that event or situation to happen because they are likely to benefit from it.
Interest is extra money that you receive if you have invested a sum of money. Interest is also the extra money that you pay if you have borrowed money or are buying something on credit.
&rarrsee also interested , interesting , compound interest , self-interest , vested interest
If you do something in the interests of a particular result or situation, you do it in order to achieve that result or maintain that situation.
to have someone's interests at heart&rarrsee heart