interest
1.interest作及物动词。
①interest sb.意为“使某人感兴趣,引起某人注意”。如:
Geography doesn't interest him.
地理引不起他的兴趣。
②interest sb.in(doing)sth.意为“使某人在……方面感兴趣”。如:
He tried to interest me in buying the house.
他想说服我买这所房子。
2.interest作名词。
①意为“兴趣”时,常作不可数名词。常见短语show/ have interest in(doing)sth.,意为“对……表现出/有兴趣”。如:
She showed great interest in the meeting.
她对这次会议表现出极大的兴趣。
②意为“业余爱好”或“感兴趣的事”时,常作可数名词。如:
He has two great interests.One is sports and the other is music.
他有两大爱好:一个是体育,另一个是音乐。
3.interested是形容词,常用结构be interested in(doing)sth.意为“对(做)……感兴趣”,主语是人。如:
John is interested in history.约翰喜欢历史。
He is interested in drawing pictures.
他对画画感兴趣。
4.interesting也是形容词,意为“令人感兴趣的”,既可以作表语,也可以作定语。如:
The story is very interesting.这个故事很有趣。
This is an interesting movie.这是一部有趣的电影。