- [uncountable, singular] curiosity (about something) | curiosity (to do something)
a strong desire to know about something 好奇心；求知欲 Children show curiosity about everything. 儿童对一切事物都显露出好奇心。 I felt a certain curiosity to see what would happen next. 我有点好奇，想知道下一步会发生什么事。 The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity. 那封信不是写给我的，然而我却出于好奇把它拆开了。 His answer did not satisfy my curiosity at all. 他的答复丝毫没有满足我的好奇心。 Sophie's curiosity was aroused by the mysterious phone call. 那个神秘的电话引起了索菲的好奇心。 intellectual curiosity 求知欲 ‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Oh, just idle curiosity’ (= no particular reason). “你为什么要问？” “哦，只是好奇而已。”
Extra ExamplesHarry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard 哈里在好奇心驱使下打开了橱柜的锁。 I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records. 我需要满足我的好奇心，知道制作唱片是怎么回事。 Kaylee stood staring with open curiosity. 凯莉站定，明显好奇地盯着看。 School should awaken a child's natural curiosity. 学校应该唤醒孩子天生的好奇心 She has an insatiable curiosity about life. 她对生命有一种永不满足的好奇心。 The children watched us with mild curiosity. 孩子们有些好奇地看着我们。 Their curiosity was aroused by his strange behaviour. 他的奇怪行为引起了他们的好奇。 We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else. 我们去看那场演出多半是出于好奇。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- intense
- insatiable
- …
- have
- arouse
- awaken
- …
- get the better of somebody
- overcome somebody
- take over
- …
- out of curiosity
- with curiosity
- curiosity about
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- a sense of curiosity
- [countable]
an unusual and interesting thing 罕见而有趣之物；奇物；珍品
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’.
Idioms
curiosity killed the cat
- (saying)
used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them 好奇害死猫（让人别提问或打听与己无关的事情）