curious

curious

英 ['kjʊərɪəs]
　　美 ['kjʊrɪəs]

adj. 好奇的，有求知欲的；古怪的；愛挑剔的

adj.(形容詞)curious的意思有二:一是“好奇的”,用於褒義時可指“好求知的”,用於貶義時可指“愛打聽的,愛管閑事的”,在句中可作主語或表語; 二是“奇妙的,稀奇的”,在句中主要用作主語,也可用於形式主語結構。curious可接that或wh-從句,其中that從句後的謂語動詞必須用其虛擬式; curious作定語時,多半用作貶義。curious一般不用very修飾,不用於比較級和最高級。curious to know和curious to hear都可以解釋為“很想知道……”的意思。

I am curious to know where he stays.
我很想知道她呆在哪。

Curious to relate/say,the boy was not drowned.
說來也奇怪，這個男孩沒有溺死。

We felt curious how they would receive our advise.
註意that從句中需用should。

中文詞源：

curious 好奇的

來自cure, 關心，關切。

例句：

1. The interior was shielded from the curious gaze of passersby.
屋子內部被擋住瞭，以防路人好奇地張望。

2. By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport.
讓人感到驚奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜歡的運動。

3. Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from.
史蒂夫非常想瞭解我以前生活的那個世界。

4. "I'm not meddling," Kenworthy said mildly, "I'm just curious."
“我不是在多管閑事，”肯沃西溫和地說，“我隻是好奇罷瞭。”

5. "Has there been an accident?" Gary asked, idly curious.
“出什麼事故瞭嗎？”加裡問道，漫不經心又好奇。