| 单词 | human interest |
| 释义 | > as lemmashuman interest human interest n. now chiefly Journalism personal experiences or feelings calculated to elicit the interest or sympathy of readers; (an aspect of) a story consisting of or characterized by these; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 201 In reading Paradise Lost we read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. 1824Human interest [see sense A. 4]. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 28 Jan. 321/1 Figuratively speaking, I travel for the great house of Human Interest Brothers. 1912 Collier's 21 Sept. 21/3 Fu, not understanding the American newspaper idea of ‘human interest’, elected to think I had written a eulogy of him deliberately. 1941 ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ 34 64/2 Day after day we motored up and down the so-called ‘front’ line..seeking incidents or ‘human interest’ material that might maintain public interest at home. 2003 Scots Mag. Feb. 202/1 In ‘North Sea’..human interest was provided by telling the story of the romance of the young deckie on the trawler and the girlfriend he left behind. < as lemmas |
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