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inquisitiveness

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

探究性,探询性,探究精神,探究

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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

  • This ever-curious beagle and I would explore the planet together, with his inquisitive nose always leading the way.

  • Browne was an inquisitive youth with a “try anything” attitude that didn’t always work when he was fiddling with muskets and gunpowder, or when he joined a circus and volunteered to ride a bicycle across a high wire.

  • Bridging the Two CulturesBy Priyamvada NatarajanI was an inquisitive child and my parents encouraged me and actively cultivated my curiosity.

  • We don’t have to use a telescope, or a microscope, or spend a billion dollars to study it — just an inquisitive eye.

  • But, thankfully, Dyer disobeys his hero and himself and gets all pondery, letting his inquisitiveness off the chain.

  • And yet, her inquisitiveness and restless mind seem to make it hard for her to be a full-on believer.

  • You will pardon the inquisitiveness of an old man, but are not you musicians a most impressionable lot?

  • The leader of the band, who went by the name of Black Will, muttered a curse upon his inquisitiveness.

  • "We have had a terrible time of it, Mr. McGaw," stated Mayo, avoiding the mate's inquisitiveness.

  • The man chained to his rock pile doubted the wisdom of his question, but African inquisitiveness had mastered his better judgment.

  • The only quality, indeed, in him that still continued to jar upon them was his phenomenal inquisitiveness.