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

• 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。
• 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。
• We, all of us, have a vested interest in keeping the game going.
  我们所有的人对继续这游戏都是既得利益者。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• To implement the concept will require restricting vested interest groups and effective law enforcement, researchers and legislators said.
  研究人员和立法人士均表示，为了践行（包容性增长）这一理念，就需要限制既得利益集团，并促成各项法律的有效实施。
• 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。
• We have no vested interest in this respect.
  我们在这方面没有既得利益。
• The uninformed American public has developed a vested interest in their condemnation of Mary.
  蒙昧的美国公民把对玛丽的谴责发展成为一种既得利益。