Uninterested /?n'?nt(?)r?st?d/ is an adjective. It means inattentive or unconcerned.
是一個(gè)形容詞。意思是不感興趣的或不關(guān)心的。
Paul, I am quickly becoming uninterested in your ideas.
保羅,我很快就對(duì)你的想法不感興趣了。
(Paul's ideas arouse no interest.)
保羅的想法沒有引起人們的興趣。
I used to collect stamps, but I am uninterested these days.
我過去常集郵,但現(xiàn)在我不感興趣了。
(I find it boring these days.)
這些天,我覺得集郵很無聊。
Disinterested /d?s'?nt(?)r?st?d/ is also an adjective. Its noun form is disinterest. Disinterested means not taking sides or impartial. It is usually used to describe a person with no personal benefit at stake.
Disinterested也是一個(gè)形容詞,它的名詞形式是disinterest。Disinterested意為不偏袒任何一方或不偏不倚。它通常用來描述與個(gè)人利益無關(guān)。
We are struggling to identify twelve disinterested people for the jury.
我們正在努力為陪審團(tuán)確定12名公正無私的人。
The referee was not disinterested in the outcome of the match.
裁判在比賽的結(jié)果上并不公正。
(The referee had a personal interest in one particular side winning.)
比賽中某一方的輸贏與裁判個(gè)人有利益關(guān)系。
我們通常會(huì)因?yàn)?/p>
dis-與un-
同時(shí)都為否定前綴
而混淆了這兩個(gè)詞,
而實(shí)際上這兩個(gè)詞意思完全不同。
uninterested是
不感興趣的;不關(guān)心的;淡漠的
disinterested是
公正的,無私的,不偏袒的