curiously

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curiously — 副詞

1. done while feeling a strong urge to find out more about someone or something — f

1.副詞B2
釋義

好奇地

帶著想知道詳情的心情

done while feeling a strong urge to find out more about someone or something — for instance, by watching keenly, asking questions, or examining small details.

例句

Mira curiously watched the ants carry crumbs across the kitchen floor.

Mira 好奇地看著螞蟻把麵包屑搬過廚房地板。

curiously + verb of watching / observing

The children gathered around the old map and curiously studied every mark on it.

那群小孩圍著那張舊地圖，好奇地研究上面的每一處標記。

常見搭配
  • curiously watched
  • curiously looked
  • curiously examined
  • curiously asked
  • curiously studied
同義詞
  • inquisitively

    more formal and often implies many questions; curiously is broader and more natural in everyday speech

  • intently

    stresses focused attention rather than a desire to learn; can feel more serious

  • with interest

    a phrase rather than a single word; more neutral about the kind of interest involved

反義詞
  • indifferently

    shows no interest at all, the opposite of wanting to learn

  • blankly

    describes an empty or uncomprehending look, very different from the engaged attention of curiously

文法句型

curiously + verb

verb + curiously

用法筆記

Commonly paired with verbs of seeing, moving toward, or asking — such as look, watch, examine, approach, ask. It can sit before or after the verb; before the verb is slightly more common in written narrative.

常見錯誤

She looked at me curious.
She looked at me curiously.
use the adverb form, not the adjective, to describe how an action is done.
He curiously the book.
He curiously examined the book.
'curiously' is an adverb and needs a verb to modify.

2. describing something strange, unexpected, or difficult to make sense of; frequen

2.副詞B2
釋義

奇怪的是

令人意外或難以解釋地

describing something strange, unexpected, or difficult to make sense of; frequently placed at the start of a sentence to present a surprising or puzzling detail.

例句

Curiously, the front door was unlocked even though everyone had gone to bed early.

奇怪的是，大門竟然沒鎖，雖然大家早就上床睡覺了。

sentence-initial Curiously, introducing a puzzling fact

The two paintings looked almost the same but were priced curiously differently at the gallery.

那兩幅畫看起來幾乎一模一樣，在畫廊的定價卻出奇地不同。

curiously + adjective / adverb modifying a quality

常見搭配
  • curiously enough
  • curiously silent
  • curiously quiet
  • curiously shaped
  • curiously familiar
同義詞
  • strangely

    the most direct synonym; slightly more ordinary in tone

  • oddly

    emphasises the unexpected nature; very close in register to curiously

  • peculiarly

    slightly more formal; suggests something unusual in a distinctive or noteworthy way

  • surprisingly

    focuses on the element of surprise rather than on strangeness alone

反義詞
  • predictably

    describes something that happens as you would expect, the opposite of strange or surprising

  • of course

    a phrase used to introduce something natural or expected, contrasting with curious facts

文法句型

Curiously, + clause

curiously + adjective / adverb

用法筆記

When 'curiously' begins a sentence followed by a comma, it is a sentence adverb — it comments on the whole statement rather than modifying a single verb. This sense does NOT mean 'with curiosity'; do not confuse it with sense 1.

常見錯誤

Curiously, she looked at the insect.' (if you mean she was interested in watching it).
Use sense 1: 'She curiously looked at the insect.
sentence-initial 'Curiously,' signals strangeness, not an interested manner.
The answer is curiously simple and clear.' (if you mean it is easy to understand).
The answer is pleasingly simple and clear.
use 'curiously' for 'strangely', not for 'surprisingly' in a positive way.

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常見搭配

副詞搭配

  • quite curiously
  • almost curiously

常用片語

  • curiously enough
  • curiously silent
  • curiously quiet
  • curiously shaped
  • curiously familiar