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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。
好奇心；求知欲
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好奇心；求知欲
A strong desire to know or learn something.
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。
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
想要了解更多的状态
a state in which you want to learn more about something
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
不寻常的东西——可能值得收藏
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
The child's curiosity about the stars led her to read many astronomy books.
孩子对星星的好奇心使她读了许多天文学书籍。
Out of curiosity, he opened the old chest to see what was inside.
出于好奇，他打开了那个旧箱子看看里面有什么。
The strange noise in the attic sparked her curiosity.
阁楼里奇怪的声音激起了她的好奇心。
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。
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。
常用搭配，也可用satisfy curiosity（满足好奇心）。
The strange noise aroused my curiosity.
奇怪的声音引起了我的好奇心。
Not this
I am curiosity about the result.
Use this
I am curious about the result.
Curiosity是名词，而这里需要形容词curious来描述人的状态。
Not this
I have many curiosities about the world.
Use this
I have curiosity about many things.
当curiosity表示‘好奇’这一抽象概念时是不可数名词，通常不用复数；如果要表达‘许多好奇的事物’应使用其他表达。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
出于好奇
I asked just out of curiosity.
我只是出于好奇问了一下。
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。
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。
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。
激起某人的好奇心
The mysterious noise piqued my curiosity.
那神秘的声音激起了我的好奇心。
好奇心害死猫
He asked too many questions about the boss's private life, and curiosity killed the cat.
他问了太多关于老板私生活的问题，好奇心害死猫。
引起某人的好奇心
The mysterious noise in the basement piqued my curiosity.
地下室里神秘的声音引起了我的好奇心。
出于好奇
I asked him about his job out of curiosity, not nosiness.
我出于好奇问了他的工作，不是多管闲事。
好奇心害死猫。
His curiosity about the locked room almost got him into trouble, but curiosity killed the cat after all.
他对锁着的房间的好奇心差点给他带来麻烦，但毕竟好奇心害死猫。
好奇心是学习蜡烛的灯芯。
She never stops asking questions; her curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
她从不停止提问；她的好奇心是学习蜡烛的灯芯。
Use curiosity naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
curious（好奇的）+ ity（名词后缀）= curiosity（好奇心），记住这个构词法。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.