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You can picture your attention leaning towards something and staying there — you keep looking, keep asking, want to know more. That leaning is what the word names; how strong the pull is, and whether your own stake is involved, is what separates its three uses.
可以想成你的注意力朝某個東西傾過去，而且停在那裡不走：你會多看兩眼、想再問下去、想知道更多。這個字說的就是那個「傾過…更多收起
可以想成你的注意力朝某個東西傾過去，而且停在那裡不走：你會多看兩眼、想再問下去、想知道更多。這個字說的就是那個「傾過去」的狀態。至於那股拉力只是好奇、還是強到你會出手要，甚至是因為你自己有份、結果會落到你頭上——這三種差別，就分出了它的三個用法。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
interestedadj/ˈɪnt.ə.ɹɪs.tɪd/
- 1
Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).
- I'm very interested in going to see that play.
- 2
Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
- all interested parties [≈ all stakeholders]
- I was even mortified at those instances of his liberality, which my situation compelled me to receive, lest, being but little acquainted with my disposition, he should suspect me of being interested in my love […].
- 3
Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。