curious

好奇心が強い、知りたがる

物事を知ったり学んだりしたがる。

やさしい英語で： Wanting to find out or learn about things.

• Children are naturally curious.
• I was curious about her new job.
• Are you curious to know what happened?

使い方： curious about someone/something (She is curious about life abroad.); curious to do something (I was curious to see the results.)

類義語： inquisitive, interested

反対語： uninterested

よく使う表現： curious about something, curious child, curious to know

奇妙な、不思議な

普通と違っていて、なぜだろうと思わせる。

やさしい英語で： Strange or unusual in a way that makes you wonder about it.

• That is a curious noise.
• We noticed a curious mark on the wall.
• It was curious that nobody remembered his name.

使い方： it is curious that… (It is curious that both letters arrived today.)

類義語： odd, strange, unusual

反対語： ordinary

よく使う表現： a curious thing, curious coincidence, curious behavior, curious creature