“不感興趣”是“uninterested”還是“disinterested”？

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(méi)有引起人們的興趣。

I used to collect stamps, but I am uninterested these days.

我過(guò)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(jué)得集郵很無(wú)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(lái)描述與個(gè)人利益無(wú)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(wú)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(wú)私的,不偏袒的