| 单词 | outside interest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoutside interest outside interest n. (a) an interested party not directly involved in a business, campaign, etc.; (b) an interest or hobby not directly connected with one's work or day-to-day life. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > in which one has an interest interest1619 outside interest1854 1854 Thirty Years' View I. 345 The Act of 1833, called a ‘compromise’, was a breach of all the rules, and all the principles of legislation—concocted out of doors, managed by politicians dominated by an outside interest. 1860 J. W. Palmer tr. M. J. Michelet Love iv. vii. 235 It is the fault of the labor, the business, the outside interests and the cases with which I have been occupied. 1925 R. Hall Sat. Life xxix. 301 Could two deeply-loving and devoted people tolerate outside interests? 1974 R. Rendell Face of Trespass ii. 26 What you need..is some outside interest, something to take you out of yourself. 2002 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 3 Nov. 1 j Candidates are dependent on big money from seven or eight outside interests to fund their campaigns. < as lemmas |
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