
Curiosity: a strong desire to know about something 好奇心;知欲 uncountable singular ~ (about sth) ~ (to do sth)
Children show curiosity about everything. 兒童對一切事物都顯露出好奇心.
a certain curiosity to see what would happen next 有點想知道下一步會發生什么事的好奇心
The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity. 那封信不是寫給我的,而我卻出于好奇把它拆開了.
His answer did not satisfy my curiosity at all. 他的答覆絲毫沒有滿足我的好奇心.
Sophie's curiosity was aroused by the mysterious phone call. 那個神秘的電話引起了索菲的好奇心.
intellectual curiosity 求知欲
'Why do you ask?' 'Oh, just idle curiosity.'(= no particular reason) “你為什么要問?”“哦,好奇而已.”
Subscription: an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine, etc.; the act of paying this money (報刊等的)訂閱費,訂購款,訂閱,訂購 ~ (to/for sth) countable uncountable
to take out an annual subscription to ‘Newsweek’ 訂一年的《新聞周刊》
to cancel/renew your subscription 取消訂閱;續訂
Copies are available by subscription. 此刊物供訂購.
Circulation: the usual number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold each day, week, etc. (報刊)發行量,銷售量 countable usually singular
a daily circulation of more than one million 日發行量超過一百萬份
go up: if the price of something, the temperature, etc.goes up, it becomes higher (價格、溫度等)上漲,上升
The price of cigarettes is going up. 香煙價格在上漲.
Cigarettes are going up in price. 香煙在漲價.