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

• We may assure the reader that we have no vested interest in the label sociology of knowledge.
  在此对读者保证，在「知识社会学」的标签下，我们没有任何既得利益。
• This, he argues, could be staffed by former derivatives experts and lawyers, since they not only understand finance but also have a vested interest in ensuring that their beloved derivatives business is built on credible foundations.
  该法庭成员可以由前衍生品专家和律师组成，因为他们不仅懂金融，而且，确保他们钟爱的衍生品业务建立在可信赖的基础之上，符合他们的既得利益。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But drug companies have a vested interest in disease-mongering.
  但制药公司已经从制造疾病中获得了既得利益。
• We have no vested interest in this respect.
  我们在这方面没有既得利益。
• Almost all large organizations offer it since, after all, they have a vested interest in your success.
  几乎所有的大型公司均提供类似的培训。毕竟，公司是希望你成功的。
• Fast-rising land prices have lifted local government revenues, so officials have a vested interest in keeping prices inflated.
  快速增长的土地价格抬高了地方政府的收入，因此官员有动力让房价维持上涨。
• Against this, however, the northern Europeans have a strong vested interest in preventing a Europe-wide banking collapse.
  但尽管如此，阻止欧洲银行业的崩盘，对欧洲北部国家来说，涉及到极大的既得利益。