
adj.好奇的;奇特的
I am curious how she will receive the news. 我很想知道她如何接受那消息。
I caught a curious sound in the neighboring room. 我聽(tīng)到隔壁房間里有奇怪的響聲。
It's curious that he didn't tell you. 他沒(méi)有告訴你,實(shí)在反常。
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和curious to say可單獨(dú)使用,意為“說(shuō)來(lái)真奇怪”。 Curious to relate/say,the boy was not drowned.說(shuō)來(lái)也奇怪,這個(gè)男孩沒(méi)有溺死。
curious后面可接how,what或者that引導(dǎo)的從句。 We felt curious how they would receive our advise.It is curious that the old man should remember the names of all his childhood friends.注意that從句中需用should。
adj.(形容詞)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(ài)打聽(tīng)的,愛(ài)管閑事的”,在句中可作主語(yǔ)或表語(yǔ); 二是“奇妙的,稀奇的”,在句中主要用作主語(yǔ),也可用于形式主語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)。
curious可接that或wh-從句,其中that從句后的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞必須用其虛擬式; curious作定語(yǔ)時(shí),多半用作貶義。
curious一般不用very修飾,不用于比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)。
adv.好奇地;奇異的
adj.無(wú)好奇心的;不感興趣的;不關(guān)心的
n.不尋常;好奇