curiosity

英 [ˌkjʊəri'ɒsəti] 美 [ˌkjʊri'ɑːsəti]

• n. 好奇心；好奇；稀奇的人或物

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]好奇心

   the desire to learn and know

2. [C]珍品；古董；奇异的物或事

   an unusual and interesting thing

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 好奇心，求知欲，猎奇心
2. 珍品，奇品，奇物，稀罕物件，稀罕东西，珍奇玩艺
3. 古董，古玩
4. 奇人
5. 奇特性
6. 爱打听的癖好，好管闲事
7. 引起好奇心的事物
8. 刨根问底
9. 罕见而有趣之物

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state in which you want to learn more about something

2. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The child showed a healthy curiosity.
   那孩子有好奇心，这是好现象。
2. Her curiosity was piqued.
   她产生了好奇心。
3. I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity.
   我只好解释原因来满足他的好奇心。
4. The rumors excite her curiosity.
   谣言引起了她的好奇心。
5. Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car?
   我只是出于好奇，请问你买这辆车花了多少钱？
6. Curiosity is part of the children's nature.
   好奇是儿童的天性。
7. The old wooden skis are a curiosity.
   那副木制旧滑雪板是珍奇之物。
8. She is so eccentric that she is regarded as a bit of a curiosity.
   她非常古怪，算是个奇人。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

用作主语

1. My curiosity was fully aroused.
   我的好奇心被充分激发了起来。
2. Her curiosity was purely scientific.
   她的好奇心纯粹出于科学原因。
3. Their curiosity was aroused by his strange behaviour.
   他的奇怪行为引起了他们的好奇。
4. Your curiosity must be well satisfied if you have no more questions to ask.
   如果你不再有问题要问,那你的好奇心一定得到了充分的满足。
5. Eventually, his curiosity got the better of him and he had to take a look in the box.
   最后,他的好奇心占了上风,他不由自主地打开盒子看了一眼。
6. Harry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard.
   哈里在好奇心的驱使下打开了橱柜的锁。

用作表语

1. As the only girl who played football for the school team, she was quite a curiosity.
   她是校队里踢足球的唯一女孩儿，是个奇特而有趣的人物。
2. This old map is quite a curiosity.
   这张旧地图的确是件珍品。
3. That old chair is quite a curiosity.
   那把旧椅子是件古董。
4. These are historical curiosities.
   这是一些历史珍品。
5. A cart pulled by oxen is now a curiosity.
   用牛拉的车现在已成了稀罕物。

用作动词宾语

1. As a child, he had great curiosity.
   作为孩子，他有很强的好奇心。
2. School should awaken a child's natural curiosity.
   学校应该唤醒孩子们天生的好奇心。
3. The child showed a healthy curiosity.
   这个孩子表现出一种与生俱来的好奇心。
4. I couldn't restrain my curiosity.
   我抑制不住好奇心。
5. An experienced public speaker usually begins by arousing the audience's curiosity.
   经验丰富的演讲者大都在一开场就极力唤起听众的好奇心。
6. He brought home many curiosities from his travels.
   他旅行归来带回许多稀奇古怪的东西。
7. Michael Jakson collected a lot of curiosities.
   麦克尔·杰克逊收集了很多稀奇古怪的东西。

用作介词宾语

1. That was prompted by curiosity.
   那是由于好奇引起的。
2. He was prompted by curiosity to ask questions.
   他出于好奇心问了很多问题。
3. Driven by sudden curiosity, I went to Laura's dressing table.
   我一时好奇，走到劳拉的梳妆台前。
4. They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.
   他们去教堂不是出于虔诚而是出于好奇。
5. Looking up,I saw her eyes fixed on me in curiosity.
   我抬起头看见她的眼睛好奇地望着我。
6. He is a man of no small curiosity.
   他是一个有强烈好奇心的人。
7. We're all dying of curiosity—come on, tell us what happened!
   我们都快好奇死了,快点告诉我们发生了什么事！
8. The old man is so eccentric that she is regarded as a bit of a curiosity.
   这位老人非常古怪,算是个奇人。
9. I asked merely out of curiosity.
   我问这只是由于好奇。
10. He asked the question out of curiosity.
    他出于好奇提出了这个问题。
11. He gave in to curiosity and opened the letter addressed to his sister.
    他抑制不住好奇心,拆开了他妹妹的信。
12. We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else.
    主要是出于好奇心，我们去看了那场演出。
13. He is being eaten up with curiosity.
    他好奇心切。
14. He looked on me with curiosity.
    他好奇地凝视着我。
15. The children watched us with mild curiosity.
    孩子们略带好奇地看着我们。

～+ prep -phrase

1. She has an insatiable curiosity about life.
   她对生命有一种永不满足的好奇心。
2. I'm full of curiosity about our new house.
   我对我们的新家充满好奇。
3. She showed great curiosity about other people's affairs.
   她特别喜欢打听别人的事。
4. There are some who show great curiosity about other people's affairs.
   有些人就是喜欢打听别人的事。
5. I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records.
   为了满足好奇心，我想知道创纪录是怎么回事儿。

～+to- v

1. She is dying of curiosity to know what happened.
   她急于知道发生了什么事。
2. The boy was dying of a curiosity to know what in the box.
   那男孩极渴望知道那箱子里到底装了什么东西。
3. The children are dying of curiosity to see what's in the parcel.
   孩子们出于好奇,迫不及待地想看看包裹中是什么东西。
4. They were lured by a curiosity to see the historic spot.
   他们被好奇心驱使去看古迹。
5. It is merely natural curiosity to want to see the picture.
   想看这幅画只不过是出于自然的好奇心。

其他

1. “Why do you ask?”“Mere curiosity.”
   “你为什么问？”“只是好奇而已。”
2. I don't know why I asked—just idle curiosity.
   我不知道我为什么问这问题——只是出于无意义的好奇心吧。

经典引文

• I spied upon her..from curiosity to know what she might be doing or thinking.

  出自： L. Durrell

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

～+动词

• curiosity get the better of sb 好奇心驱使某人
• curiosity overcome sb 好奇心驱使某人

动词+～

• have a curiosity 好奇
• arouse sb's curiosity 唤起某人的好奇心
• awaken sb's curiosity 唤起某人的好奇心
• display curiosity 表现出好奇心
• excite sb's curiosity 激起某人的好奇心
• feed sb's curiosity 满足某人的好奇心
• gratify sb's curiosity 满足某人的好奇心
• manifest curiosity 表现出好奇心
• provoke sb's curiosity 引起某人的好奇心
• restrain sb's curiosity 抑制某人的好奇心
• satisfy sb's curiosity 满足某人的好奇心
• show sb's curiosity 表现出好奇心
• stimulate sb's curiosity 激起某人的好奇心
• whet sb's curiosity 引起某人的好奇心

形容词+～

• ardent curiosity 强烈的好奇心
• childish curiosity 孩子气的好奇心
• great curiosity 很大的好奇心
• historical curiosities 历史珍品
• hungry curiosity 如饥似渴的好奇心
• idle curiosity 无聊的好奇心
• insatiable curiosity 无法满足的好奇心
• intellectual curiosity 求知欲
• intense curiosity 强烈的好奇心
• literary curiosities 文学珍品
• medical curiosity 医学上罕见的病例
• mere curiosity 纯粹出于好奇心
• mild curiosity 有些好奇心
• morbid curiosity 病态的好奇心
• natural curiosity 天生的好奇心
• open curiosity 公然过问与己无关的事
• simple curiosity 纯粹出于好奇心
• unquenchable curiosity 无法满足的好奇心

～+名词

• curiosity shop 古董店

介词+～

• a sense of curiosity 好奇心
• from curiosity 出于好奇心
• out of curiosity 出于好奇心
• through curiosity 出于好奇心
• with curiosity 带着好奇心；好奇地

～+介词

• curiosity about 对…的好奇

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. curiosity的基本意思是“好奇心”，指的是个体遇到新奇事物或处在新的外界条件下所产生的注意、操作、提问的心理倾向，如渴望知道事情为何已经发生或正在发生，但不一定具有冒昧、鲁莽等令人不快的性质。curiosity作此解时是不可数名词，但有时可用不定冠词a修饰。
2. curiosity引申可指“珍品；古董；奇异的物或事”，这时是可数名词。

近反义词

【近义词】

• inquisitiveness
• interest
• prying

【反义词】

• indifference 不重视
• incuriosity 无好奇心
• unconcern 不关心