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Uninterested /ʌn'ɪnt(ə)rɪstɪd/ is an adjective. It means inattentive or unconcerned. 是一个形容词。意思是不感兴趣的或不关心的。 Paul, I am quickly becoming uninterested in your ideas. 保罗，我很快就对你的想法不感兴趣了。 (Paul's ideas arouse no interest.) 保罗的想法没有引起人们的兴趣。 I used to collect stamps, but I am uninterested these days. 我过去常集邮，但现在我不感兴趣了。 (I find it boring these days.) 这些天，我觉得集邮很无聊。 Disinterested /dɪs'ɪnt(ə)rɪstɪd/ 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也是一个形容词，它的名词形式是disinterest。Disinterested意为不偏袒任何一方或不偏不倚。它通常用来描述与个人利益无关。 We are struggling to identify twelve disinterested people for the jury. 我们正在努力为陪审团确定12名公正无私的人。 The referee was not disinterested in the outcome of the match. 裁判在比赛的结果上并不公正。 (The referee had a personal interest in one particular side winning.) 比赛中某一方的输赢与裁判个人有利益关系。 我们通常会因为 dis-与un- 同时都为否定前缀 而混淆了这两个词， 而实际上这两个词意思完全不同。 uninterested是 不感兴趣的;不关心的;淡漠的 disinterested是 |
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