You can picture someone who keeps asking, one question after another, always pushing a little further in. The word itself does not say whether that is charming or uncomfortable. What decides it is where the questions are pointed: at how the world works, or at things you would rather keep to yourself.
可以想成一個一直在問的人，一句接一句，每一句都再往裡面推一點。這個字本身不說那是可愛還是討厭。決定的是問題朝向哪裡。朝向這個世界怎麼運作，那是好學。朝向你不太想談的事，那就過頭了。所以同一個字，聽起來是誇獎還是抱怨，要看它問的是什麼。
From the word’s history
From Old French inquisitif, from Late Latin inquisitivus, from Latin inquirere, to search into or ask about — the same root as English inquire. The picture of asking one's way inward is already in the root.
來自古法文 inquisitif，再往前是後期拉丁文 inquisitivus，源頭是拉丁文 inquirere，意思是「往裡面找、追問」，跟英文的 inquire 同一個根。「一直往裡面問」這個畫面，在字根裡就有了。
Wiktionary, "inquisitive"
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