curiosity釋義：n.好奇心;求知欲;罕見而有趣之物;奇物;珍品。例句：There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums.那里有許多可看的城堡、奇珍異寶和博物館。

curious的用法1：curious的意思有二:一是“好奇的”,用于褒義時(shí)可指“好求知的”,用于貶義時(shí)可指“愛打聽的,愛管閑事的”,在句中可作主語或表語; 二是“奇異的,稀奇的”,在句中主要用作主語,也可用于形式主語結(jié)構(gòu)。

curious的用法2：curious可接that或wh-從句,其中that從句后的謂語動(dòng)詞必須用其虛擬式; curious作定語時(shí),多半用作貶義。

curious的用法3：curious一般不用very修飾,不用于比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)。

Children show curiosity about everything.

兒童對(duì)一切事物都顯露出好奇心。

The child showed a healthy curiosity.

這孩子的好奇心很正常。

There was an air of expectation and great curiosity.

有著一種期待和好奇的感覺。

His reluctance to answer her questions simply fanned her curiosity.

他不爽快地回答她的問題，這就激起了她的好奇心。

If parents don't answer children's questions, their natural curiosity will be squashed.

如果父母不回答孩子的問題，就會(huì)挫傷他們好奇的天性。

來源：高三網(wǎng)