curiosity的音标

英 [ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti]

美 [ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti]

curiosity的用法

n. 好奇心;求知欲;罕见而有趣之物;奇物;珍品

复数： curiosities

记忆技巧：curi〔= cur跑〕+ osity 性质，状态，情况 → 都跑过来看 → 好奇心

curiosity的例句

1.Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else

赖尔更多的是出于好奇才同意的。

2.There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums

可以看到很多城堡、奇珍异品和博物馆。

3.To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.

为了满足好奇心，我们去了巴尔的摩。

4.Reed International is a curiosity in the international world of publishing.

里德国际公司是国际出版界的一朵奇葩。

5.I admired my father, and his work filled me with awe and curiosity

我很钦佩父亲，并对他的工作充满了敬畏和好奇。

curiosity的常见句型

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。

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。

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。

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。

curiosity+ 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。

curiosity+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。

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。

curiosity的词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

curiosity+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+curiosity

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+curiosity

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

curiosity+名词

curiosity shop 古董店

介词+curiosity

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

curiosity+介词

curiosity about 对…的好奇

curiosity的真题例句

1.The implication, in each case, is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem.
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

2.To walk the rounds of the bookshops, dipping in as curiosity dictates, should be an afternoon's entertainment.
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

3.It aims at stimulating the intellectual curiosity of college students.
出自-六级2015年12月阅读原文

4.Out of curiosity, I paid a visit to Sainz Breeze as I put my hand into a packet of crickets with their tiny eyes and legs.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

5.Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness.
2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

6.My progress in reading raised my curiosity, and I wanted to know everything.
2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

7.The same curiosity to find what lies beyond the horizon that first brought early Polynesians to Hawaii’s shores inspires astronomers today to explore the heavens.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文

8."Thinking about long-term consequence is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity," Hsee says.
2018年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ