| 词组 | curiosity |
| 释义 | curiosity /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti, ˌkjʊəriˈɒsɪti $ ˌkjʊriˈɑːs-/ noun the desire to know about somethingadjectivesgreat/intense curiosity The arrival of the foreigners caused great curiosity in the town.insatiable curiosity (=a lot of curiosity about everything) He learned the job quickly, thanks to his insatiable curiosity.natural curiosity A good teacher will encourage children to follow their natural curiosity.idle curiosity (=curiosity for no particular reason, for example because you are bored) Out of idle curiosity, I opened the book.intellectual curiosity (=wanting to understand and learn about ideas) He was an intelligent man, full of intellectual curiosity.scientific curiosity Their scientific curiosity led to the development of the vaccine.open curiosity (=that you do not try to hide) The children were staring at her with open curiosity.mild curiosity I watched what was happening with mild curiosity.morbid curiosity (=about death or other unpleasant things) Ken used to enjoy listening to murder trials – he had some kind of morbid curiosity.verbsarouse sb’s curiosity also pique sb’s curiosity formal (=make someone want to know about something) New people arriving in the village always aroused our curiosity.satisfy sb’s curiosity (=find out something that you want to know) I decided to call him in order to satisfy my curiosity.prepositionsout of curiosity (=because you are curious) She saw the door and, out of curiosity, opened it.curiosity about sth Children have a natural curiosity about animals and nature.phrasesbe an object/subject of curiosity Anyone new was always the object of our curiosity.be burning with curiosity (=want to know about something very much) She was burning with curiosity about this strange man.curiosity gets the better of sb also curiosity overcomes sb (=you decide to do something because you are curious, even though you feel you should not do it) Curiosity got the better of me and I read her diary. |
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