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这里为大家介绍下curiosity 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

音标：[ ˌkjuəri"ɔsiti ]名词复数:curiosities

中英文翻译

n.

1.好奇心；爱打听的癖好。

2.引起好奇心的事物；珍品，古董；奇人。

3.奇特性。

短语和例子

curiosity shop 古玩铺。 from curiosity ＝ out of curiosity 在好奇心驱使下。 in open curiosity 公然出头过问与己无关的事。

something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

同义词：curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity,

a state in which you want to learn more about something

同义词：wonder,

Curiosity (from Latin curiosus "careful, diligent, curious," akin to cura "care") is a quality related to inquisitive thinking such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in human and many animal species. The term can also be used to denote the behavior itself being caused by the emotion of curiosity.

例句与用法

1.All fear was merged in curiosity .

在好奇心驱使下忘了一切恐怖。

2.He was annoyed with his own curiosity .

这样刨根问底的，他自己也觉得讨厌。

3.His curiosity about the world was insatiable .

他对宇宙的好奇心是无止境的。

4.He watched her as a curiosity .

他以看稀罕物件的神气看着她。

5.My curiosity burst from me in a flood of speech .

我的好奇心流成了如潮的言语。

6.The news titillated the curiosity of the public ..

这桩新闻引起了群众的好奇心。

7.His curiosity aroused, he began reading the note .

好奇心驱使他开始读那张便条。

8.Curiosity can get you into trouble .

好奇可能招引麻烦。

9.Slim remarks on it as a curiosity .

斯里姆称它为奇迹。

10.It was not worth her curiosity .

这不值得她去操心。

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