花燈集英語字典

inquiry

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ɪn'kwaɪərɪɪn'kwaɪrɪ]
  • 美式音标 [ɪn'kwaɪri; 'ɪn,kwaɪri; 'ɪnkwəri; 'ɪŋkwaɪri]
  • 国际音标 [in'kwaiəri]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.調查；詢問；打聽；查問
  • =enquiry(英).

词根记忆

  • in(裡) + quir(問) + y→追問到裡→打聽

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    inquiring：詢問的；打聽的；愛追究的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    inquirer：調查者；詢問者。
  • v性質的同根詞
    inquiring：調查（inquire的ing形式）；打聽。

用法辨析

  • inquiry指“詢問，打聽”時，是可數名詞，後麪介詞可以使用about。Thanks for your inquiry about my health. 謝謝你詢問我的健康情況。
  • 表示“詢問某人時”用make inquires of sb。注意make inquire比make inquiry要更加普遍。
  • inquiry指“調查”時，也時可數名詞，但接介詞into，如a public inquiry into safety standards（針對安全標準的公開調查）。

英汉例句

  • The allegations against them were made in sworn evidence to the inquiry.
    在調查取得的宣誓証詞中對他們提出了指控。
  • Officers had tailed the gang from London during a major undercover inquiry.
    在一次重大的秘密調查行動中，警察從倫敦就盯上了那幫匪徒。
  • Isherwood was at the court of inquiry to hear the evidence.
    伊捨伍德在調查法庭聽取証據。
  • The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison.
    政府成立了一個委員會來調查監獄騷亂事件。
  • The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.
    調查之事遠未蓋棺定論。

词组短语

    短語

  • specific inquiry 具躰詢價；具躰詢磐
  • inquiry sheet 詢價單
  • scientific inquiry 科學探究;科學調查;科學探究室
  • Inquiry Function 查詢函數;詢問功能;查詢功能
  • Critical Inquiry 批評探索;批判探究;批評研究

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (QUESTION) (the process of asking) a question
  • (PROCESS) an official process to discover the facts about something bad that has happened

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • An inquiry is a question you ask in order to get some information.
  • An inquiry is an official investigation.
  • Inquiry is the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it.