美 [ˈɪntrəst ɡruːp; ˈɪntrest ɡruːp]
利益集团：一群具有共同利益认同的人，通常这种共同利益会成为他们采取行动的基础。
(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
同义词： interest
利益集团(interest group)：是具有特定共同利益的人们为了共同的目的而结合起来、采取共同行动的社会集团。与社团是同一层次的概念。
利益团体(Interest Group) ：利益团体是增强公民行政参与公共行政的另一途径。任何社会中，都不同程度的存在着各种形式的利益团体。
周四，兴趣小组（interest group）：电脑、绘画、歌舞、制作等4.周五，英语角
利益群体 （ interest group ）：组织内某群人员为争取其共同攸关之利益而形成 之群体组合。
The first is the temptation to spread the wealth around to every region and interest group.
第一种就是把财富撒到每一个地区和每一个利益集团的诱惑。
The Semantic Web Education and Outreach ( SWEO) Interest Group came to the end of it's charter end of March.
语义网教育和拓展兴趣组织（Semantic Web Education and Outreach ，简称 SWEO）在3月底执照到期。
This is expected, and duplicate entries are ignored after a special interest group has been assigned to a customer.
这是正常的，并且在将特殊兴趣组指定给客户后重复条目会被忽略。
"This competition will not be based on politics or ideology or the preferences of a particular interest group.
VOA : special.2009.07.30
The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest is a group in New York supported in part by the drug industry.
VOA : special.2010.02.22
Turner's awareness of changing light would also interest a group of nineteenth century artists known as the Impressionists.
VOA : special.2010.08.04
As a bipartisan interest group, the caucus has both Democrats and Republicans as members.
Our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected.
The spending bonanza benefited every Democratic interest group except the Obama voters who wanted jobs and higher incomes.