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Inquisitive Inquire Means Questions Don’t ɪn'kwɪzətɪv Adj.好奇的 Lady

Front inquisitive
Pron [ɪn'kwɪzətɪv]
Back 【inquisitive】
adj.好奇的
The old lady was very inquisitive about what her neighbors were doing.
这位老妇人对邻居所作所为非常好奇。
Vocab
inquisitiveinquiring or appearing to inquire

If you are inquisitive that means you love to inquire; you’re always asking questions. Don’t become a private detective if you don’t have an inquisitive personality.

The old word for question is query, which you can hear in inquire, which means to ask questions. That toddler always asking “why?” is going through an inquisitive stage of development. If someone throws relentlessly hard questions at us, we might call it an inquisition. If your daughter brings her boyfriend home to dinner, be gently inquisitive, but try not to turn it into an inquisition. You'll just make him nervous.

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