nosiness

IPA/ˈnəʊzinəs/
KK[nˈozinəs]IPA/ˈnəʊzinəs/

nosiness — 名詞

1. the habit of trying to find out private information about other people, especial

1.名詞C1
釋義

愛管閒事

對他人私事過度好奇的習慣

the habit of trying to find out private information about other people, especially when they do not want you to know it

例句

Putri's nosiness annoyed her colleagues when she kept reading emails on their desks.

Putri 的愛打聽讓同事很困擾，她總是偷看他們桌上的電子郵件。

possessive determiner + nosiness as subject

Samir's nosiness got him into trouble after he asked about his boss's divorce.

Samir 的愛管閒事給他惹上了麻煩，他問了關於老闆離婚的事。

collocation: nosiness + got [sb] into trouble

常見搭配
  • sheer nosiness
  • pure nosiness
  • nosiness about
  • annoyed by sb's nosiness
  • fed up with sb's nosiness
同義詞
  • curiosity

    neutral or positive; nosiness is always negative

  • inquisitiveness

    more formal; can be neutral or negative depending on context

  • prying

    suggests active interference rather than just a tendency

  • intrusiveness

    focuses on crossing personal boundaries rather than the act of asking

反義詞
  • discretion

    the quality of being careful not to reveal or seek private information

  • reserve

    keeping one's thoughts and feelings to oneself

文法句型

possessive determiner + nosiness

nosiness + about + noun phrase

用法筆記

Often appears with a possessive determiner (her nosiness, their nosiness) to describe a character flaw. The adjective 'nosy' (also 'nosey') is far more common than the noun in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

His nosiness about science led him to become a professor.
His curiosity about science led him to become a professor.
'Nosiness' only refers to prying into other people's private affairs, not a general interest in knowledge.

同根字

  • nosy
    形容詞B1
  • nosey
    形容詞B1
  • nosily
    副詞C1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

副詞搭配

  • nosily

常用片語

  • sheer nosiness
  • act of nosiness
  • out of nosiness

介系詞搭配