nosiness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈnəʊ.zi.nəs/us/ˈnoʊ.zi.nəs/thequalityof being toointerestedin what otherpeopleare doing andwantingtodiscovertoo much about them:
爱管闲事，好打听He wasshockedbytheirnosiness.他对他们好管闲事的程度感到吃惊。
She isfascinatedbypeople- not out of nosiness but from agenuineinterestinhumanbeings.她对人很着迷——不是因为爱打听，而是出于对人类的真正兴趣。
See
nosy
- Hispatiencewithsmall-townnosinessranout.
- Nosiness is allpartof herjobofstudyingpeopleand how theycommunicate.
- He wasexasperatedat his neighbor's nosiness.
Curiosity
- curiosity
- curiosity killed the catidiom
- curious
- curiously
- curtain twitcher
- inquiringly
- inquisitive
- inquisitively
- inquisitiveness
- inquisitorial
- nosy
- nosy parker
- peeper
- prurience
- prurient
- quizzically
- snoot
- stickyournose intosomethingidiom
- stickyoursnoot in/into (something)idiom
- thirsty