Word · Frequency #231
interested
使感兴趣；引起关注
interested is the past of interest.
To engage someone's attention and make them interested in or excited about something.
- 1.
To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
吸引注意力；引起兴趣；激发对某人或事物的情感或热情。
吸引注意力；引起兴趣；激发对某人或事物的情感或热情。；使感兴趣；与...有关系
In use
The museum's new exhibit interests me a lot.
What interests you most about physics?
His speech didn't interest the audience.
Verb forms
base interest · third person interests · -ing interesting · past interested · past participle interested
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- interest someone in something
- 使某人对某事感兴趣
- Can I interest you in a cup of coffee?能请您喝杯咖啡吗？
- be interested in
- 对……感兴趣
- She is interested in learning Chinese.她对学中文感兴趣。
- interest the reader
- 引起读者的兴趣
- The opening paragraph is designed to interest the reader.开头段落旨在引起读者的兴趣。
- try to interest
- 设法引起……的兴趣
- He tried to interest her in the project.他设法使她对项目产生兴趣。
- fail to interest
- 未能引起……的兴趣
- The lecture failed to interest most of the audience.这场讲座未能引起大多数听众的兴趣。
- interest oneself in
Learner notes
Memory Tip
interest 末尾藏着 rest（休息）：真正感兴趣时，你会忙到忘了休息——用这个画面记住它。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、课堂教学、书面介绍 该词表示“使感兴趣、引起关注”时，语气通常比较中性，日常与正式场合都较为常见；可以说 interest someone in something，表示“使某人对某事物感兴趣”。
Grammar Note
动词 interest 是及物动词，后必须接宾语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
forest /ˈfɔːrɪst/、tourist /ˈtʊrɪst/、terrorist /ˈterərɪst/ 都与 interest 一样以 /rɪst/ 或 /ərɪst/ 结尾；typist /ˈtaɪpɪst/ 的 -ist 也读 /ɪst/，与 interest 中 -est 的发音相同。注意：interrupt /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/ 和 interpret /ɪnˈtɜːrprɪt/ 拼写中有 inter，但重音和读音不同，不要按 interest 来读。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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