curiosity
英 [kjʊərɪ'ɒsɪtɪ]
美 [,kjʊrɪ'ɑsəti]
英語の語源
- curiosity (n.)
- late 14c., "careful attention to detail," also "desire to know or learn" (originally usually in a bad sense), from Old French curiosete "curiosity, avidity, choosiness" (Modern French curiosité), from Latin curiositatem (nominative curiositas) "desire of knowledge, inquisitiveness," from curiosus (see curious). Neutral or good sense is from early 17c. Meaning "an object of interest" is from 1640s.
例文
- 1. She also stimulated his curiosity and opened his mind to other cultures.
- 彼女は他の文化を理解したいという好奇心をかき立てた。
- 2.There was much curiosity about what manner of man he was.
- 彼がどんな人なのか、みんなはとても好奇心があります。
- 3.They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity .
- 彼らがそこに行くのは純粋にその病的好奇心を満たすためだ。
- 4.The scandal stories satisfy people 's curiosity for a few hours.
- スキャンダルに関する報道は、人々の好奇心を数時間以内に満たす。
- 5.To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.
- 好奇心を満たすためにボルチモアに行った。
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