curiosity

【发音】

美 /,kjʊrɪ'ɑsəti/ 英 /ˌkjuəri'ɒsəti/

【翻译】

1. n. 好奇， 好奇心； 奇物， 奇事， 珍品

   英释:the desire to know about something

【记忆】

cur(关心) ＋ iosity → “家事， 国事， 天下事， 事事关心” → 好奇心

【短语】

1. out of curiosity : 出于好奇心

2. intellectual curiosity : 求知欲

【例句】

1. I opened the packet just to satisfy my curiosity .

   我打开包裹只是为了满足我的好奇心。

2. The news aroused a lot of curiosity among local people.

   这条消息在当地人中间引起了很大的好奇心。

3. She decided to follow him out of curiosity .

   她出于好奇决定跟踪他。

4. Margaret looked at him with curiosity .

   玛格丽特好奇地看着他。

5. a man of immense intellectual curiosity

   求知欲极强的一个男人

6. It was idle curiosity that made me ask.

   我只是好奇地随便问了一下。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...why is this a problem because without curiosity we will lose the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship...

2. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Leslie argues that curiosity is a much-overlooked human virtue...

3. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...a lack of curiosity is a problem are such accusations simply efforts to score political points for one's party...

4. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Leslie writes: google aims to save you from the thirst of curiosity altogether...

5. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...there are often accusations about politicians' and the media's lack of curiosity to find out the truth 41...

6. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...even at early ages than children of working class and lower class families that lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge...

7. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...political leaders' lack of curiosity will result in bad consequences...

8. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...childhood curiosity is a collaboration between child and adult...

9. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...curiosity is a good thing...

10. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...both the rise of the internet and reduced appetite for literary fiction contribute to peoples declining curiosity 45...

11. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...curiosity is essential to one's success...

12. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...visiting a bookshop as curiosity leads us can be a good way to entertain ourselves...

13. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Workers of every rank are told these days that wide-ranging curiosity and continuous learning are vital to thriving in the modern economy...

14. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Their bundle of characteristics echoes the ceaseless curiosity and willingness to take risks noted by other experts...

15. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 文本题)...The increasing number of young tourists can be attributed to their fast-growing income and their curiosity to explore the outside world...

16. (2008.12 • CET4 • • 听力题)...she might satisfy a curiosity that often arises in her pre-speech interviews with students who obviously have seen many science fiction movies...

【同、近义词】

1. n.好奇，好奇心；珍品，古董，古玩

   treasure/pearl/

【同根词】

1. adj

   curious : 好奇的，有求知欲的；古怪的；爱挑剔的

2. adv

   curiously : 好奇地

3. n

   curio : 古董；珍品

   curiousness : 好学；好奇；不寻常

   curiosa : 珍品；奇品；黄色书刊