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inquisitive

/in-kwiz-i-tiv/US // ɪnˈkwɪz ɪ tɪv //UK // (ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv) //

好奇心,好奇心强的人,好奇心强,好奇心重的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
    • : unduly or inappropriately curious; prying.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an inquisitive person: thick curtains to frustrate inquisitives.

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Examples

  • “Highly inquisitive, highly playful, always cheerful,” he recalls.

  • But what about the eloquent, book smart, interesting, quirky, inquisitive black woman, you ask?

  • Indeed, the crowd at my reading was attentive, inquisitive—and willing to spend money on printed books.

  • Friends say he was a highly inquisitive man and kept his ear close to the ground.

  • As Gondry asks Chomsky about his childhood, the answer soon becomes clear: a skeptical, inquisitive, combative mind.

  • Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.

  • Some were inquisitive enough to ask, Has a treaty been signed or a trick been played upon the rebels?

  • He hands a lady out; her pale blue silk domino hides her effectually from the inquisitive gaze of the crowd.

  • No more inquisitive cruisers ready to let fly a salvo at anything that stirs.

  • The man's nature was inquisitive, and he was indulging idle conjectures as to what might be the news this courier brought.