单词 | interest |
释义 | interest (once / 15 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n Interest is used most often to describe something you like, enjoy or think useful. You have an interest in 19th century literature, or you follow the news with interest. Although interest is used mainly to describe anything that is, well, interesting, it also is used in specific legal contexts. If you have an interest in a company, it means you own part of it. Interest is also the word used to describe money charged or given as part of a debt. If a bank loans you $10,000, you have to pay back the $10,000 plus the interest. If the interest rate is 5 percent annually, you would owe $500. WORD FAMILYinterest: disinterest, interested, interesting, interests, self-interest+/disinterest: disinterests/disinterested: disinterestedly, disinterestedness/interested: disinterested, interestedly, interestedness, uninterested/interesting: interestingest, interestingly, interestingness, uninteresting/uninterested: uninterestedly/uninteresting: uninterestingly, uninterestingness USAGE EXAMPLESIt will, however, show how Lucas spent some of his filmmaking fortune and that his interest in art extends beyond movies. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) It also encapsulates the host of worries of possible conflicts of interest circulating around a president who is very different from America’s past leaders. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “But our approach to transportation innovation is that we want to be a catalyst for new and interesting technologies.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something an interest in music Syn|Hypo|Hyper involvement enthusiasm a lively interest concernsomething that interests you because it is important or affects you Anglomaniaan excessive enthusiasm for all things English balletomaniaextraordinary enthusiasm for ballets earth, earthly concern, world, worldly concernthe concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife affair, matter, thinga vaguely specified concern affairs, personal business, personal mattersmatters of personal concern partthat which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation point of honora concern that seriously reflects on your honor curiosity, wonder a state in which you want to learn more about something 2n the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) they said nothing of great interest primary colors can add interest to a room Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper interestingness uninterestingness inability to capture or hold one's interest charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others news, newsworthinessthe quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins topicalitythe attribute of being of interest at the present time color, colour, vividnessinterest and variety and intensity shrillnessthe quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses power, powerfulness possession of controlling influence 3n a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) he counts reading among his interests Syn|Hypo|Hyper pastime, pursuit avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity an auxiliary activity spelaeology, speleologythe pastime of exploring caves diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 4n a reason for wanting something done in the interest of safety in the common interest Syn|Hypo|Hyper sake behalf for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive) benefit, welfare something that aids or promotes well-being 5v excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of Ant|Hypo|Hyper bore, tire cause to be bored absorb, engage, engross, occupy consume all of one's attention or time fascinate, grip, spellbind, transfixto render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe involveoccupy or engage the interest of consumeengage fully rivethold (someone's attention) arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 6v be on the mind of Syn concern, occupy, worry 7v be of importance or consequence 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper matter to fascinate, intrigue cause to be interested or curious grab, seizecapture the attention or imagination of bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on be relevant to n a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed 3how much interest do you pay on your mortgage? Hypo|Hyper compound interest interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest simple interestinterest paid on the principal alone fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) n (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something 4they have interests all over the world Syn|Hypo|Hyper stake grubstake funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits controlling interestownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares insurable interestan interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy; an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured vested interest(law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another security interestany interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation terminable interestan interest in property that terminates under specific conditions undivided interest, undivided rightthe interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property feean interest in land capable of being inherited equitythe ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation reversion(law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) right(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing fee simplea fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away fee taila fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away sweat equityinterest in a building that a tenant earns by contributing to its renovation or maintenance escheata reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs pledgea deposit of personal property as security for a debt mortgagea conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan conditional salea security interest taken by the seller in return for credit collaterala security pledged for the repayment of a loan lienthe right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged part, percentage, portion, share assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group n (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims the iron interests stepped up production Syn|Hypo|Hyper interest group special interest an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor vested interestgroups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit military-industrial complexa country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment social group people sharing some social relation |
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