| 单词 | love interest |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslove interest love interest n. a theme or episode in a story, film, etc., of which the main element is the affection of lovers; (also) an actor or character who represents this aspect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > love-stories > instance > theme-episode of love interest1778 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > subject or theme > types of love interest1778 subtext1862 sex interest1911 through line1936 1778 A. Ferguson Let. 7 Feb. in H. Mackenzie Life J. Home 117 I can conceive that the substitution of a love-interest for an interest of state, which the audience expected from the name of Alfred, may have baulked them. 1868 Times 25 Sept. 7/3 The statement that Richardson has created the love interest of modern novels is only true in the sense that Richardson created the modern novel. 1892 H. James Notebks. (1947) 129 There must be a ‘love-interest’—which is one and the same with the other parts of the situation. 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art v. 84 The cinema, where it is said to be a principle accepted by almost every manager that no film can succeed without a love-interest. 1961 C. S. Lewis Exper. in Crit. iv. 38 The story of excitement or mystery usually has a ‘love interest’ tacked on to it. 1990 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 28 Oct. iv. 7/3 She usually plays ‘the love interest’. But she hopes that will change as movies take a feminine tilt. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 18/1 The love interest, needless to say, was not with Briseis, but with Patroclus. < as lemmas |
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