| 单词 | curious |
| 释义 | curious (kjʊəriəs ) 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] B1+ If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it. Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from. [+ about] Children are naturally curious. ...a group of curious villagers. Synonyms: inquisitive, interested, questioning, searching curiously adverb [ADVERB after verb] The woman in the shop had looked at them curiously. 'Is that how you got that scar on your face?' Bess asked curiously. 2. adjective If you describe something as curious, you mean that it is unusual or difficult to understand. There is a curious thing about her writings in this period. The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern. The naval high command's response to these developments is rather curious. curiously adverb [ADVERB adjective] Harry was curiously silent through all this. Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health. Collocations: curious blend of It was a mess, a curious blend of organic bulbousness and trouser-press straight lines. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Cissé is a curious blend of power and passivity. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Most fixtures have produced a curious blend of sterile football but potent controversies. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The yellow and red posters drew curious glances from commuters in jammed carriages yesterday. Times, Sunday Times She anticipates the curious glances and sympathy and counters with verbal attacks that target the fault lines in her nearest and dearest. Times, Sunday Times I admire its clean-cut form, in so doing attracting curious glances from the throngs of people now using the place. Times, Sunday Times On the street the 29-year-old attracts curious glances. Times, Sunday Times Inevitably, the tribe attracts covertly curious glances. Times, Sunday Times He's 45 now, and his career has been a curious hybrid. Times, Sunday Times Subtropical storms are curious hybrids that have some of the characteristics of a tropical storm, even though they develop outside the tropics. Times,Sunday Times This curious hybrid of a system (which also included, at one stage, a horse-drawn passenger wagon) could not last, and within a few years, traffic was restricted to timetabled trains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And the corbezzolo was as strange as you would expect bitter honey to be - almost savoury, yet sweet and rich, another example of the curious hybrids that islands throw up. Times, Sunday Times They held an open house this week, attended by 1,200 curious locals. Times, Sunday Times An openhouse viewing attracted curious locals, but no prospective buyers. Times, Sunday Times A few minutes later, we were explaining our predicament to a truckload of curious locals. Times, Sunday Times By the time the store opened this month, though, curious locals were queuing up outside. Times, Sunday Times A line outside, composed of curious locals, extended beyond the strip mall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We stare out across the rooftops at the curious mix of old warehouses, some of them still in semi-industrial use, and new skyscrapers. Times, Sunday Times But behind this curious mix of drama and horror lies something that may leave audiences feeling cheated. The Sun It's a curious mix of stone and glass that doesn't know whether to arrange itself horizontally or vertically. Times, Sunday Times It has turned her into a curious mix of wise, wanton and wary. Times, Sunday Times It's a curious mix of cosy and exposed, separate but part of the group — perfect to assuage that oh so modern fear of missing out. Times, Sunday Times His was a curious mixture of fraught and weary as he warned against seeking excuses. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Certainly he is a curious mixture of values. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Like many journalists, he was a curious mixture of conviction, opportunism and sheer humbug. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He's a curious mixture of ad man and true believer. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This was a curious omission given his position. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lack of superheating was a curious omission from a type introduced as late as 1922. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, for a book that sets out to put the record straight, there are curious omissions. Times,Sunday Times Among his works are three books of madrigals, a book of ricercars, but only two sacred compositionsa curious omission for a composer so closely connected with the church. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are some curious omissions in the book. Times, Sunday Times Had it been done deliberately or by curious onlookers walking around the ball? Times, Sunday Times A dozen curious onlookers gathered in the public gallery for the preliminaries but, very soon, the judge was announcing a recess until tomorrow morning. Times, Sunday Times Metro police and traffic officers were called in to control hundreds of curious onlookers. ST Witnesses said she talked to the elephants, even telling them off as she led them past hundreds of curious onlookers out of the town towards a forest several miles away. Times, Sunday Times People gathered round, mostly curious onlookers but always a few players. Times, Sunday Times This highlights a curious paradox about modern organisations. Times, Sunday Times Behind all this lies a curious paradox. Times, Sunday Times His account, which ranges across more than a century, contains some curious paradoxes. Times, Sunday Times Over the past few weeks, a curious phenomenon has come to our attention, something we're calling 'roboleg'. Times, Sunday Times For many years, scientists and anthropologists have pondered the curious phenomenon of home advantage. Times, Sunday Times The researchers call this curious phenomenon 'somatomor-phism'. Times, Sunday Times It's a curious phenomenon, another kind of human polarisation. Times, Sunday Times Even as sport continued to mobilise, vast swaths of the nation protested themselves to be utterly unmoved by this curious phenomenon. Times, Sunday Times During this time both poets were writing some of their best poetry, although - frustratingly for the curious reader - they hardly discuss their writing at all. The Times Literary Supplement But its eccentric breadth and listless weirdness will appeal to any curious reader. The Times Literary Supplement So a curious reader might have wondered if this incident was more of the same. Globe and Mail The curious reader would have to leaf through one of the several published facsimiles of the original text. The Times Literary Supplement Alas, the curious reader was left to guess. Globe and Mail Curious spectators rode excursion trains to the site, were they received a tour of the dam and powerhouse, as well as a grand dinner. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The many rumours attracted many curious spectators, some of whom were actually converted to the convulsionnaire movement when they observed the convulsions or even experienced them for themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Games such as wrestling attracted curious spectators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a curious twist, some companies are beginning to cite the ratio as evidence that senior executives are underpaid. Times, Sunday Times A month later came a curious twist in the plot. Times, Sunday Times On rare occasions a curious twist of fate caused the story to end happily for the episode's protagonist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, perhaps more curious twists to our national fate would have happened had male primogeniture been abandoned earlier. Times, Sunday Times But what about the casual, curious visitor? Times, Sunday Times Curious visitors will be able to watch as they hunt for bugs. The Sun After an initial search, police left the crime scene unguarded and open to rain, tides and curious visitors. Times, Sunday Times After an initial search, the stretch of beach where the bodies were found was left unguarded and open to rain, tides and curious visitors. Times, Sunday Times She kept up a correspondence with important people and received curious visitors who went out of their way to visit her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He remained active in retirement, endlessly curious about new developments of any kind and rejoicing in what he regarded as a wonderful and varied life. Times, Sunday Times To her last years she was lively, endlessly curious and open to new experiences. Times, Sunday Times Good leaders are endlessly curious, imaginative and determined to succeed. Times, Sunday Times This makes her endlessly curious. Christianity Today Most of the visitors on opening day seemed to be in their mid to late 50s, a little on edge, endlessly curious. Times, Sunday Times By being genuinely curious about his life, his thoughts, his interests. Times, Sunday Times But he was also an intelligent listener and a genuinely curious questioner, with a range of recondite allusions that drew upon a remarkable memory. Times, Sunday Times In the weeks before cliques formed, everyone - in lectures, corridors, queues to register for modules - seemed thrilled to talk and genuinely curious about each other's lives. Times, Sunday Times I think he's just genuinely curious about music. The Sun And above all, there was his personality - disarmingly modest, insatiably curious, quiet and grounded and incredibly easy to love. Times, Sunday Times It was the last public engagement he undertook, but the legacy of his insatiably curious and omnivorously acquisitive era lived on. Times, Sunday Times He was the epitome of a foreign correspondent: dashing, fearless and insatiably curious. Times, Sunday Times Yet from there he continued indefatigably, insatiably curious, along a largely self-taught path, to achieve what almost no person before or since has managed to accomplish. Times, Sunday Times She has always been insatiably curious, she tells me. Times, Sunday Times Described by friends as 'open and intellectually curious', he took his acting seriously. Times, Sunday Times Very few are intellectually curious, wanting to learn for learning's sake. Christianity Today To make this style work, the leader must be intellectually curious and flexible enough to press for the best possible answers to questions. Times, Sunday Times I like him for being imperfect, intellectually curious and true to himself. Times, Sunday Times From the available evidence he was intellectually curious but not impressively informed. Times, Sunday Times This suited him perfectly, because he was intensely curious, appallingly devious, and a total curmudgeon about money. Times, Sunday Times Despite being intensely curious about people, warmly approachable to friends and neighbours, a keen raconteuse and an inveterate gossip, she cultivated an almost hermit-like existence. Times, Sunday Times Fish can be intensely curious and will investigate all manner of things. Times, Sunday Times I felt wary, but intensely curious. Times, Sunday Times In the first edition, they were portrayed as intensely curious and intellectual, keeping in theme with their spell-casting niche, with an interest in gemstones. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But we've always just said, people are just curious. Times, Sunday Times He swore that he was just curious and apologised. The Sun If anything, it's benign, mundane, something that you do because you're bored or just curious to see if it gets a response. Times, Sunday Times I had a look through his phone history - at first just curious, then horrified. The Sun First, be honest with yourself - you're more than just curious. The Sun It was a topic of conversation for the naturally curious players. Times, Sunday Times You have to be naturally curious to do my job - and have as much of an interest in people living today as those in the past. Times, Sunday Times Others, naturally curious, seek it out. Christianity Today These birds are naturally curious, as well as very intelligent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Naturally curious, the planter inquired about the burning capabilities of the torch and was soon after taken to a small pond filled with the black fluid. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 好奇的 Japanese: 知りたがる |
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