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/ˈɪntərəstɪŋ/ · /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/
If something is interesting, you want to give it your attention, because it seems unusual or , or because it tells you something you did not know before.
有趣的；有意思的
比較級 more interesting最高級 most interesting
核心畫面
You can picture it as something that keeps pulling your attention back: your eyes and mind stay on it a moment longer than you meant to, because it is strange, , or tells you something you did not know. 'Interesting' describes the thing doing the pulling, not the person being pulled.
可以想成：某個東西一直把你的注意力往回拉——你本來只想瞄一眼，卻多停了幾秒，因為它奇怪、刺激，或者講了你原本不知道的…更多收起
可以想成：某個東西一直把你的注意力往回拉——你本來只想瞄一眼，卻多停了幾秒，因為它奇怪、刺激，或者講了你原本不知道的事。要注意方向：interesting 說的是「那個東西會吸住人」，不是「人覺得被吸住」（那是 interested）。所以 an interesting book 是書本身好看，I'm interested in the book 才是你被它吸住。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。
interestingadj/ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ/
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obsoleteOf concern; affecting, important.
- He indeed had good reason to be offended; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good, he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy, which had been entrusted to him in conference […].
- 2
Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
- Cricket is not interesting to watch.
- Comics were just another form of entertainment to me, but it got to be more and more interesting every day.
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Pregnant. (used with situation and condition)
- I found myself in a fair way of being a mother; and that I might be near my own relations, in such an interesting situation, I and my dear companion departed from H—n, not without great reluctance […].
- Mrs Lenville (who, as has been before hinted, was in an interesting state) rushed from the rear rank of ladies, and uttering a piercing scream threw herself upon the body.
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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。