误She takes great interest at music and painting.
正She takes great interest in music and painting.
析表示“对…感兴趣”,应该说take〔have〕 interest in…,其中介词in不能改成at。在这里interest是不可数名词。
旅行中我们看到了许多有趣和新鲜的事物。误We saw many interest and new things on our trip.
正We saw many interesting and new things on our trip.
你发现那本书里有什么令人感兴趣的东西吗?误Did you find any interest in the book?
正Did you find anything interesting in the book?
析注意interest是名词,不用于作定语修饰名词或代词; 而interesting是形容词,可用来修饰名词或代词。
我希望,你会发现这本书很有趣。误I hope you will find the book interest.
正I hope you will find the book of interest.
析名词interest前面可以加介词of,用来表示特征,相当于相应的形容词interesting,介词of不能省略。
每个人都应该为人民的利益而工作。误Everyone should work for the interest of the people.
正Everyone should work in the interest of the people.
正Everyone should work for the benefit of the people.
析“为…利益”可以译为 in the interest of...或for the benefit of...,其中介词in和for不能互换。
我对比较文学很感兴趣。误Comparative literature is of my great interest.
正Comparative literature is of great interest to me.
析of interest这个短语是“有兴趣的”意思。interest前可以用形容词如great, little, deep, tremendous等修饰,但不能用my, his等物主代词修饰。
我要拿回我的钱外加利息。误I want my money back plus the interests.
正I want my money back plus the interest.
析interest指“利息”时,是不可数名词,前面不加不定冠词,也不能用复数形式。
努力工作对你有好处。误It is in your interest to work hard.
正It is to your interest to work hard.
析表示“符合…的利益”“对…有好处”,习惯使用to one's interest,而不能使用其他介词。
我们必须为国家的利益而奋斗。误We must fight for national interest.
正We must fight for the national interest.
析the national interest(国家利益)一语中的定冠词the不可省去,而the public interest(公共利益)一语中的the可有可无。
误The illustrations in that magazine are very interested.
正The illustrations in that magazine are very interesting.
我认为这堂课很有趣。误I thought the lesson was quite interested.
正I thought the lesson was quite interesting.
读你最近的信,我感到很有趣。误I was very interesting in reading your last letter.
正I was very interested in reading your last letter.
析现在分词interesting和过去分词interested都可以在句中作定语或表语,但却不可以换用。当我们说“某人对某事感兴趣”时,用interested。当我们“谈论使我们感兴趣的人或事物”时,用interesting。
他总是对英语课感兴趣。误English is always interested him.
正English has always interested him.
析“英语课使人感兴趣”,不能用be interested这个表达被动意义的系表结构。其现在完成时表示英语课一直都使他感兴趣。
我在报上读到科学家们已发现宇宙是怎样产生的,很感兴趣。误I was interested in reading in the paper that scientists have found out how the universe began.
正I was interested to read in the paper that scientists have found out how the universe began.
析be interested后接to- v ,表示对已经了解的事或已经经历过的事感兴趣。be interested in+ v -ing表示对将要和可能发生的事感兴趣。