大学英语：curiosity n. 好奇(心)

　3.curiosity n. 好奇(心) 　　　curious adj. 好奇的;离奇古怪的

　　1)He walked to the silent old man out of curiosity. (出于好奇，他向那位沉默寡言的老人走去。)

　　2)She showed great curiosity about my past. (她对我的过去显示出莫大的好奇。)

　　3)Children are curious about everything. (儿童对什么都感到好奇。)

　　4)Not long after they left， a curious thing happened. (他们走后不久，一件古怪的事情发生了。)

　　4.imagination n. 想像，想像力;幻觉;应变能力

　　imagine v. 想像;料想

　　1)He is a writer of rich imagination. (他是一个富有想像力的作家。)

　　2)No one moved in the bushes， it was only your imagination. (没人在树丛里走动，只是你的幻觉而已。)

　　3)Due to his lack of imagination， he just didn't know what to do next.(由于缺少应变能力，他不知道下一步该怎么办。)

　　4)It is hard to imagine life with electricity. (很难想像没有电，生活会是怎样。)

　　5)I imagine he will come tomorrow. (我料想他明天会来。)

　　请注意区别下面三个形容词imaginative，imaginary，imaginable

　　1)It is an imaginative tale. (这是个虚构的故事。)

　　2)The teacher is waiting for imaginative answer. (老师正等待着具有丰富想像力的回答。)

　　3)The equator is an imaginary circle around the earth. (赤道即假想的环绕地球的大圆。)

　　4)an imaginary enemy (假想敌)

　　5)They said they would save the patient by every means imaginable.(他们说他们会用尽一切想得出的方法抢救病人。)

　　(imaginable 常与最高级形容词或all，every，only等连用，放在被修饰的名词的后面。)