英语词汇“interestingnesses”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

interest /intˈə-rest, intˈrəst or -rist/

noun

Advantage, benefit

Premium paid for the borrowing of money

Any increase

Concern, importance

Personal influence

A right to some advantage

Claim to participate or be concerned in some way

Stake, share

Partisanship or side

The body of people whose advantage is bound up in anything

Regard to (esp personal) advantage

A state of engaged attention and curiosity

Disposition towards such a state

The power of arousing it

A subject or activity to which one willingly devotes time and attention, a hobby

transitive verb

To concern deeply

To cause to have an interest

To engage the attention of

To awaken concern in

To excite the curiosity of

ORIGIN: From interess, influenced by OFr interest, L interest, it concerns, 3rd person singular present indicative of interesse, from inter between, among, and esse to be

inˈterested adjective

Having an interest or concern

Affected or biased by personal considerations, self-interest, etc

inˈterestedly adverb

inˈterestedness noun

inˈteresting (old /-estˈ/) adjective

Engaging or apt to engage the attention or regard

Exciting emotion or passion

inˈterestingly adverb

inˈterestingness noun

interest-freeˈ adjective and adverb

With no interest charged on money borrowed

interest group noun

A number of people grouped together to further or protect a common interest

interest rate noun

A charge made on borrowed money, usu expressed as a percentage to be repaid annually

compound interest see under compound¹

in an interesting condition, state or situation

Old-fashioned euphemisms for pregnant

in the interest(s) of

With a view to furthering or to helping

make interest for (obsolete)

To secure favour for

simple interest see under simple