curiosity是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 好奇心； 古董， 古玩，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He wanted to know the object of my inquiries, but I managed to satisfy his curiosity without telling him too much, for there is no reason why we should take anyone into our confidence.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Yes, Nicolai Andreevitch that was his name,' and the young fellow looked earnestly and with curiosity at the all-knowing gentleman with the red nose.
-- asked the prince, looking at the millionaire with considerable curiosity But though there may have been something remarkable in the fact that this man was heir to millions of roubles there was something about him which surprised and interested the prince more than that.
-- III eneral Ivan Fedorovitch Epanchin was standing In the Gmiddle of the room, and gazed with great curiosity at the prince as he entered.
-- he inquired, with much curiosity and great animation.
-- Mrs. Epanchin, long accustomed to her husband's infi-delities, had heard of the pearls, and the rumour excited her liveliest curiosity and interest.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There were a couple of trunks indeed, such as a rational man might need, but in addition there were a box of books big, fat books, of which some were just in an incomprehensible handwriting and a dozen or more crates, boxes, and cases, containing objects packed in straw, as it seemed to Hall, tugging with a casual curiosity at the straw glass bottles.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I found Montgomery very reticent about his purpose with these creatures, and about his desti- nation; and though I was sensible of a growing curiosity as to both, I did not press him.
-- The Beast People man-ifested a quite human curiosity about the dead body, and followed it in a thick knot, sniffing and growling at it as the Bull-men dragged it down the beach.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Small as it was, this uncommon engine had excited the curiosity of most of the Europeans in the camp, though several of the provincials were seen to handle it, not only without fear, but with the utmost familiarity.
-- It is impossible to say what unlooked-for remark this short and silent communication, between two such singular men, might have elicited from the white man, had not his active curiosity been again drawn to other objects.
-- No exclamation of surprise escaped the father, nor was any question asked, or reply given, for sev-eral minutes; each appearing to await the moment when he might speak, without betraying womanish curiosity or childish impatience.
-- While the culinary process was in hand, curiosity induced him to inquire into the circumstances which had led to their timely and unexpected rescue: 'How is it that we see you so soon, my generous friend,' he asked, 'and without aid from the garrison of Edward?'
-- While the former surveyed the ruins, both internally and externally, with the curiosity of one whose recollections were reviving at each moment, Chingachgook related to his son, in the language of the Delawares, and with the pride of a conqueror, the brief history of the skirmish which had been fought, in his youth, in that secluded spot.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And when such as had come in contact with Strickland in the past, writers who had known him in London, painters who had met him in the cafes of Montmartre, discovered to their amazement that where they had seen but an unsuccessful artist, like another, authentic genius had rubbed shoulders with them there began to appear in the magazines of France and America a succession of articles, the reminiscences of one, the appreciation of another, which added to Strickland's notoriety, and fed without satisfying the curiosity of the public.
-- No mater whose the picture, he could not leave it there in the dust, and he raised it; but then curiosity got the better of him.
-- He recognises in himself an artistic satisfaction in the contemplation of evil which a little startles him; but sincerity forces him to confess that the disapproval he feels for certain actions is not nearly so strong as his curiosity in their reasons.
-- There was in my soul a perfectly genuine horror of Strickland, and side by side with it a cold curiosity to discover his motives.
-- "As a mere matter of curiosity I wish you'd tell me, have you felt the smallest twinge of remorse for Blanche Stroeve's death?"
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "But it was occupied by some creature," replied Gideon Spilett, whose curiosity was not yet satisfied.
-- However, before returning to the dockyard, Cyrus Harding conceived the idea of fabricating certain machines, which greatly excited the curiosity of his companions.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOPCHAPTER 1A lthough I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking.
-- For my part, my curiosity and interest were at least equal to the child's, for child she certainly was, although I thought it probable from what I could make out, that her very small and delicate frame imparted a peculiar youthfulness to her appearance.
-- However, as the door of the shop was shut, and it did not appear likely that I should be recognized by those within, if I continued merely to pass up and down before it, I soon conquered this irresolution, and found myself in the Curiosity Dealer's warehouse.
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