Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #5059
Fully loadedcuriosity
好奇心；求知欲
A strong desire to know or learn something.
- 1.
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
- 2.
a state in which you want to learn more about something
想要了解更多的状态
- 3.
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
- 4.
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
不寻常的东西——可能值得收藏
奇物；珍品；稀奇之物；想要了解更多的状态；不寻常的东西——可能值得收藏；好奇
In use
The child's curiosity about the stars led her to read many astronomy books.
Out of curiosity, he opened the old chest to see what was inside.
The strange noise in the attic sparked her curiosity.
curiosity about something
表示对某事物的好奇，后接名词或代词。
Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them.
孩子们对周围的世界有天然的好奇心。
out of curiosity
固定短语，表示做某事的动机。
I opened the box out of curiosity.
我出于好奇打开了盒子。
arouse one's curiosity
常用搭配，也可用satisfy curiosity（满足好奇心）。
Connections
Collocations
- curiosity about
- 对...的好奇心
- Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them.孩子们对周围的世界有着天然的好奇心。
- out of curiosity
- 出于好奇
- I asked just out of curiosity.我只是出于好奇问了一下。
- satisfy one's curiosity
- 满足好奇心
- She read the book to satisfy her curiosity about ancient Egypt.她读了这本书以满足对古埃及的好奇心。
- intense curiosity
- 强烈的好奇心
- The scientist's intense curiosity drove her to explore new theories.这位科学家的强烈好奇心驱使她探索新的理论。
- natural curiosity
- 天生的好奇心
- His natural curiosity led him to ask many questions.他天生的好奇心促使他问了很多问题。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
curious（好奇的）+ ity（名词后缀）= curiosity（好奇心），记住这个构词法。
Context & Register
语域中性，多用于日常对话、学术讨论和自我反思等情境，表示一种想要学习或了解更多事物的状态。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the stressed syllable and the '-osity' ending, so they are perfect rhymes. Beware of words like 'anxiety' or 'variety' that look similar but have different stress and vowel sounds.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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