一、interest用法 1. 用作名詞,注意以下用法: (1) 表示一般意義的“興趣”“愛(ài)好”,爲(wèi)不可數(shù)名詞,但可與不定冠詞連用;表示在“對(duì)……的興趣”,其後通常接介詞in。如: You’ve no interest in going with us? 你沒(méi)有興趣和我們一道去? Scientists have taken a great interest in his ideas. 科學(xué)家們對(duì)他的觀點(diǎn)很感興趣。 有時(shí)可用複數(shù)形式,表示不同人的興趣或同一人的多種興趣。如: Their interests are very similar. 他們的興趣很相似。 He has wide interests. 他有廣泛的興趣。 (2) 表示具躰意義的“感興趣的事”“愛(ài)好”,是可數(shù)名詞。如: My interests are music and travel. 我的興趣是音樂(lè)和旅行。 Gardening is one of my main interests. 園藝是我的主要興趣之一。 (3) 注意以下各句介詞of的使用: The question is of great interest to me. 我對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題很感興趣。 He has been to many places of interest. 他去過(guò)許多名勝。 (4) 表示“利息”,不可數(shù)。如: He paid 5% interest on the loan. 他借的貸款要付5%的利息。 (4) 表示“利益”,爲(wèi)可數(shù)名詞,但通常用複數(shù)。如: He’s good at looking after his own interests. 他很會(huì)照顧自己的利益。 The union was formed to protect the rights and interests of miners. 建立起工會(huì)是爲(wèi)保護(hù)鑛工的權(quán)利和利益。 2. 用作動(dòng)詞,是及物動(dòng)詞,通常以人作賓語(yǔ)。如: Geology interests him. 地質(zhì)學(xué)使他感興趣。 His joke didn’t interest me. 他的笑話竝不使我感到興趣。 表示在某一方麪的興趣,與介詞in搭配。如: He tried to interest me in football. 他設(shè)法使我對(duì)足球感興趣。 二、interested 的用法 意思是:感興趣的,關(guān)切的。如: Are you interested in this subject? 你對(duì)這門(mén)課感興趣嗎? Aren’t you interested in making money? 難道你對(duì)賺錢(qián)不感興趣? I’m interested in when he did it. 我對(duì)他什麼時(shí)候乾了此事感興趣。 注意區(qū)別:be interested in doing sth與be interested to do sth:前者表示對(duì)做某事感興趣,後者表示很想做某事: I’m interested to hear your opinion. 我想聽(tīng)聽(tīng)你的意見(jiàn)。 I’m interested in emigrating to Canada. 我對(duì)移居加拿大感興趣。 三、interesting的用法 意思是:有趣的,令人感興趣的。如: The idea sounds interesting. 這個(gè)想法聽(tīng)起來(lái)很有趣。 I met a lot of interesting people on holiday. 我在度假期間遇到了許多有趣的人。 The price is interesting to us. 我們對(duì)這一價(jià)格感興趣。 It is interesting to contrast the two writers. 將這兩位作家加以比較是很有意思的。 注意:其後接不定式且該不定式含有被動(dòng)意義時(shí),通常要用主動(dòng)形式: Volleyball is very interesting to watch. 打排球看起來(lái)很有意思。 She is interesting to talk to. 和她談話很有意思。 四、辨析 interested 與 interesting:前者表示“感興趣的”,後者表示“令人感興趣的”“有趣的”: Children are interested in interesting stories. 孩子們對(duì)有趣的故事感興趣。