interest
The money I borrowed from him was repaid with interest.
What he did was just to protect his own interests.
interest在教材中的意思为“兴趣”和“使感兴趣”,分别作名词和动词用。
上面句子中的两个interest都作名词用。作“利息”讲时,为不可数名词;作“利益,好处”讲时,多用复数形式。
第一句可译为“我向他借的那笔钱是带息偿还的。”;第二句可译为“他所做的一切仅仅是为了保护他自己的利益。”
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