One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

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observer [əb'zɝvɚ] 词频2 词根: 服侍
n. 遵守者,观察者;观察团;观察员;
💡 ob 加强意义 + serv 保持+ er 表示人,行为的主动者,做某事的人 → n.观察员,观测者
"The old man was sent along as an observer."
那个老人被派作观察员.
近义:watcher, beholder
curious ['kjʊrɪəs] 词频1 词根: cur
adj. 好奇的; 好求知的;奇妙的; 稀奇的;
💡 cur关心+ious….的→关心的,好奇的
"They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs."
他们对住在楼上的人感到很好奇。
近义:odd, peculiar, rare, strange, uncommon, unconventional 反义:artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
curiosity [,kjʊrɪ'ɑsəti] 词频2 词根: cur
n. 好奇心,爱打听的癖性;奇人;奇物,古玩;奇特性;
💡 curi关心+osity多的状态→关心多→好奇心
"Children show curiosity about everything."
儿童对一切事物都显露出好奇心。
近义:inquisitiveness, interest, quaintness, bibelot, collectible, curio 反义:apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
wise [waɪz] 词频1
adj. 聪明的,有智慧的;博学的,博识的;明白的;像智者的; vt. 使知道,使懂得;教导;指点; vi. 了解,知道;
"a wise and virtuous man"
博学多识的君子
近义:informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered 反义:silly, stupid, tomfool, unaware, uneducated, unenlightened
business [ˈbɪznɪs] 词频1
n. 商业,交易;生意;事务,业务;职业,行业;
💡 在公共汽车(bus)里面(in)一只鹅(e)和两条蛇(ss)正在做 生意
"The availability of cheap long - term credit would help small business."
低利息的 长期 贷款对小型企业会有帮助.
近义:negotiation, trade, trading, traffic, biz, commerce 反义:individual
often ['ɔf(tə)n] 词频1
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of), 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义:manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反义:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes

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