| expedience, expediency | (fml) n 1. appropriateness, kesesuaian, kewajaran; 2. the consideration of what is advantageous, kepentingan: political ~, kepentingan politik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| interest | he offered to buy out his brother’s ~ in the firm, dia menawar utk membeli kepentingan abangnya dlm firma tersebut; the man who has the controlling ~ in the steel mill, orang yg mempunyai kepentingan mengawal dlm kilang keluli itu; a financier with business ~s all over the world, ahli kewangan yg mempunyai kepentingan perniagaan di seluruh dunia; 7. group of people having common concern, aims, etc, [no specif translation]: the landed ~, tuan-tuan tanah; the mining ~s, pelombong-pelombong; the business ~s, para usahawan; ~ group, kumpulan berkepentingan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| interest | have so’s ~s at heart, mengambil berat ttg kepentingan sso; 5. money charged or paid for the use of money, faedah, bunga: high ~ rates, kadar faedah yg tinggi; an ~-free loan, pinjaman tanpa faedah; he had to pay 10% ~ on the loan, dia dikehendaki membayar faedah 10% atas pinjaman tersebut; 6. share in business etc, kepentingan: his ~ in the business is very small, kepentingannya dlm perniagaan itu sangat sedikit; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| interest | 3. st one gives time and attention to, kegemaran, kesukaan: golf seems to be his only ~, bermain golf satu-satunya kegemarannya; we do not share the same ~s, kami tdk mempunyai kegemaran yg sama; 4. (often in pl) benefit, advantage, kepentingan: I acted in your best ~s, saya bertindak demi kepentingan kamu; to look after the family’s ~s, menjaga kepentingan keluarga; she worked all her life in the ~s of humanity, sepanjang hayatnya, dia bekerja demi kepentingan manusia; the information was withheld in the public ~, maklumat itu tdk dihebahkan demi kepentingan orang ramai; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| controlling interest | n kepentingan mengawal. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| appearance | for the sake of ~s, demi kepentingan mata umum; give an ~ of, /kelihatan, tampak/ spt: he had given the ~ of being quite satisfied, dia kelihatan spt berpuas hati; give so. the ~ of, menjadikan sso /tampak, kelihatan/: her glasses gave her the ~ of being older than she really was, kaca matanya menjadikan dia tampak lebih tua drpd yg sebenarnya; give st the ~ of, menjadikan sst kelihatan: to give the painting an ~ of authenticity, menjadikan lukisan itu kelihatan tulen; have the ~ of, /kelihatan, nampak, tampak/ spt: he had the ~ of so. who had been up all night, dia tampak spt seorang yg telah berjaga semalam-malaman; it has the ~ of silk, kain itu kelihatan spt sutera; in ~, outwardly, pd lahirnya: in ~ they seem happily married, pd lahirnya mereka suami isteri yg bahagia; judge by ~s, mengukur drpd keadaan lahir; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| account | b. for o’s own purpose, utk (kepentingan) dirinya sendiri; on no ~, not on any ~, tidak sekali-kali; (imper) jangan sekali-kali: do not on any ~ tell them where I am, jangan sekali-kali memberitahu mereka di mana saya berada; on ~ of so., on so’s ~, /kerana, untuk/ sso: to make sacrifices on so’s ~, berkorban kerana sso; /settle, square/ ~s, a. /menjelaskan, melangsaikan, melunaskan/ hutang, menyelesaikan kira-kira; b. (fig.) membalas dendam; take st into ~, take ~ of st, /mempertimbangkan, memperhitungkan/ sst; /turn, put/ st to (good) ~, menggunakan sst dgn baiknya: in his book, he has put his knowledge of local culture to good ~, dlm bukunya, dia menggunakan pengetahuannya ttg kebudayaan tempatan dgn baiknya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| community | n 1. the public, masyarakat, komuniti: ~ development, pembangunan komuniti; ~ life, kehidupan masyarakat; in the interest of the ~, bagi kepentingan masyarakat; 2. (group of people) masyarakat, golongan: the Chinese ~ in Indonesia, masyarakat Cina di Indonesia; a village ~, masyarakat kampung; trading ~, golongan peniaga; a ~ of monks, golongan rahib; 3. group of countries working together and having common interests, komuniti: the European C~, Komuniti Eropah; 4. common ownership, pemilikan bersama: ~ of property, pemilikan bersama harta; 5. condition of sharing, (keadaan) bersama: there is no ~ of interest between the two groups, tdk ada kepentingan bersama antara dua kumpulan itu; ~ spirit, semangat muhibah; 6. (of plants, animal) komuniti. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| identity | n 1. sameness, similarity, persamaan: there was no ~ of interest between management and employees, tdk ada persamaan kepentingan antara pihak pengurusan dan pihak pekerja; the startling ~ of the two paintings, persamaan yg menakjubkan antara dua lukisan itu; 2. (individuality) identiti; (who so. is) siapa: he doubted his own ~, dia meragui identitinya sendiri; the ~ of the hijacker has yet to be made nown, siapa perampas kapal terbang itu belum diberitahu lagi; proof of ~, bukti siapa diri sso; mistaken ~, salah orang; 3. (math, phys) identiti. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| factional | adj 1. belonging to a faction, puak: a ~ leader, ketua puak; 2. characterized by factions, berpuak(-puak): ~ interest, kepentingan berpuak-puak; 3. occurring between factions, antara puak: ~ disputes, pertelingkahan antara puak. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |