| 单词 | rooting interest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrooting interest rooting interest n. U.S. a desire for, or interest in, the success of a particular person or group, esp. a sports team; cf. sense 2. ΚΠ 1905 Washington Post 25 Mar. 8/2 Toscan was entered [in the horse race] in the name of R. A. Whitney, and the ‘contigent clause’ gave Pumphrey something more than a ‘rooting’ interest. 1977 Time 25 July 51/2 One on One is a picture that..transcends its humble conception and develops what movie people used to call a ‘rooting interest’ in its characters. 2008 N.Y. Mag. 12 May 18/1 I've never cared about sports, never experienced that intense, emotional, extra-rational rooting interest in any team's struggle to win the championship. < as lemmas |
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