| 单词 | conflict of interest |
| 释义 | conflict of interestnounthe circumstance of a public officeholder, business executive, or the like, whose personal interests might benefit from his or her official actions or influence: The senator placed his stocks in trust to avoid possible conflict of interest. the circumstance of a person who finds that one of his or her activities, interests, etc., can be advanced only at the expense of another of them. Origin of conflict of interestFirst recorded in 1950–55 Words nearby conflict of interestconflate, conflation, conflict, conflicted, conflicting, conflict of interest, conflict of laws, confluence, confluence of sinuses, confluent, confluent and reticulate papillomatosis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for conflict of interestconflict of interest A situation in which someone who has to make a decision in an official capacity stands to profit personally from the decision. For example, a judge who rules on a case involving a corporation in which he or she owns stock has a conflict of interest. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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