ADJECTIVE | VERB + CURIOSITY | CURIOSITY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great, intense極大的/強烈的好奇心▸➤insatiable無法滿足的好奇心◇She has an insatiable curiosity about life.她對生命有一種永不滿足的好奇心。➤mild有些好奇▸➤idle, mere, pure, sheer, simple好奇而已;僅僅是好奇◇'Why do you ask?' 'Mere curiosity.'“你為什麼發問?”“只是好奇而已。”➤genuine真正的好奇心▸➤open明顯流露的好奇心◇Kaylee stood staring with open curiosity.凱莉站定,明顯好奇地盯着看。➤natural天生的好奇心◇School should awaken a child's natural curiosity.學校應該喚醒孩子天生的好奇心➤morbid病態的好奇心➤intellectual, scientific求知慾;對科學的好奇心➤public公眾的好奇心VERB + CURIOSITY➤have好奇▸➤arouse, awaken, pique, spark喚起好奇心;激起好奇心◇Their curiosity was aroused by his strange clothes.他怪異的衣着引起了他們的好奇。➤satisfy滿足好奇心CURIOSITY + VERB➤get the better of sb, overcome sb好奇心驅使/戰勝某人◇Harry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard哈里在好奇心驅使下打開了櫥櫃的鎖。➤take over好奇心佔上風➤grow好奇心增強PREPOSITION➤out of curiosity出於好奇◇We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else.我們去看那場演出多半是出於好奇。➤with curiosity帶着好奇心◇The children watched us with mild curiosity.孩子們有些好奇地看着我們。➤curiosity about對⋯的好奇◇I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records.我需要滿足我的好奇心,知道製作唱片是怎麼回事。PHRASES➤a sense of curiosity好奇