vested interest

英 [ˌvestɪd ˈɪntrəst]

美 [ˌvestɪd ˈɪntrəst]

n.  既得利益

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 既得利益
  a personal reason for wanting sth to happen, especially because you get some advantage from it
  1. They have a vested interest in keeping the club as exclusive as possible.
     他们希望俱乐部尽可能地限制会员加入以从中受益。
  2. Vested interests (= people with a vested interest) are opposing the plan.
     既得利益集团在反对这项计划。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 既得利益;既定权利;好处
  If you have avested interest insomething, you have a very strong reason for acting in a particular way, for example to protect your money, power, or reputation.
  1. Only those with vested interests in the current system could ignore the need for change...
     只有那些在当前的体制中有既得利益的人才会忽略改革的必要性。
  2. The administration has no vested interest in proving whether public schools were good or bad.
     在证明公立学校好坏方面，行政部门不存在既得利益。

英英释义

noun

• groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
• (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another

双语例句

• Buffett and others with a vested interest in seeing the SEC fail.
  与大多数人不同的是，看到SEC败诉符合巴菲特等专业人士的既得利益。
• Foreign businesses have a vested interest in keeping markets open and trade flowing.
  外国企业在保持市场开放和贸易流动方面有着既定利益。
• The tobacco companies have a vested interest in claiming that cigarette smoking isn't harmful.
  烟草公司声称吸烟无害是因为他们对此有既得利益。
• Secondly, he said, many people have a vested interest in protecting Chanel's aura of unsullied chic.
  其次是，很多已从香奈儿那里得到既得利益的人在试图保护香奈儿清白时尚的光环。
• All you're doing is warning somebody that this person has a vested interest making you believe something.
  你们做的就是警告人们，这个人有兴趣让你们相信什么。
• You have a vested interest in Tim's resignation, eg because you may get his job.
  蒂姆辞职可能对你有好处（如因你可能得到他那份工作）。
• Vested interest groups are responsible for the creation of policy.
  政策的创立取决于既得利益集团。
• Today, all the choices involve difficult trade-offs: Local governments need revenue from land sales since that is their main source of income and have a vested interest in keeping prices high.
  如今，摆在眼前的所有选择都涉及到艰难的取舍：地方政府需要卖地收入，因为那是他们的主要收入来源，所以维持高房价是他们的既得利益所在。
• She had a vested interest in seeing the project fail.
  让这计划失败是和她本人利害攸关的。
• The administration has no vested interest in proving whether public schools were good or bad.
  在证明公立学校好坏方面，行政部门不存在既得利益。