Interest

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; 'an interest in music'.

(noun.) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; 'the iron interests stepped up production'.

(noun.) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; 'they have interests all over the world'; 'a stake in the company's future'.

(noun.) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed; 'how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?'.

(verb.) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of.

艾伯特整理

• It may be questioned whether some of the present pedagogical interest in the matter of values of studies is not either excessive or else too narrow. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The case has assumed such an extraordinary aspect since Sergeant Cuff's time, that you may revive his interest in the inquiry. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Without heart, without interest, I could not play it at all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The marriages of either were discussed; and their prospects in life canvassed with the greatest frankness and interest on both sides. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns, said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The Colonel was so kind--Mr. Crawley might be offended and pay back the money, for which she could get no such good interest anywhere else. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The swinging caught his attention, and he watched it with more and more interest. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I cordially invite you, sir, to second my efforts in the sacred interests of the family. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I should then have done all that a man in my position could do to serve the interests of my old friend's only child. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The interests are not more distinct in the one case than the other. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I had arranged with Mrs. Clements that she should communicate her London address, in Anne's interests, to Lady Glyde. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• But in reality travelling interested her even less than he had expected. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He had left his sleeping wife; and wanted, as Margaret saw, to be amused and interested by something that she was to tell him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Suppose you found Miss Verinder quite unaccountably interested in what has happened to Mr. Ablewhite and Mr. Luker? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• With curious readiness did she adapt herself to such themes as interested him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I am no farther interested than as a spectator, said he, with a modesty, admirable, as I thought, to witness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The talk was very often political or sociological, and interesting, curiously anarchistic. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Now, Mr. Hilton Cubitt, please continue your most interesting statement. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Neither had read it, but they knew it was a love story, and each privately wondered if it was half as interesting as their own. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The condition of India at this time was one very interesting and attractive to European adventurers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is necessary that this drawing be made in four operations; the first and second are particularly interesting, on account of their depths, which are 5-1/2 and 9-3/16 inches, respectively. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• On such occasions an interesting opportunity is offered to study Edison in his intense and constructive moods. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The taking of pictures is, of course, one of the interesting phases of the business from a popular standpoint. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

整理:苏西