inquiry

[in'kwaiəri]

n.调查, 询问, 打听, 查问
=enquiry(英)

n.

1. 询问, 打听; 质询[C][U][(+about/into)]

Make your inquiries at the office.

请去办公室询问。

2. 调查[C][(+into)]

They held an inquiry into the incident.

他们对这一事件展开调查。

3. 探究, 探索[U][C]

scientific inquiry

科学探索

4. 疑问; 问题[C]

The bank clerk answered all my inquiries.

银行职员回答了我提出的所有问题。

词形变化

异体字: enquiry | 名词复数: inquiries |

词义辨析

同义:

n.调查, 检验, 分析

investigation  exploration  probe  search  quest  research  pursuit  scrutiny  study  examination  audit  test  review  survey  inspection  analysis  quiz

n.检查, 盘问

interrogation  query  question  questioning  cross-examination  catechizing  inquisition  grilling  

同义参见:

learning  discussion  hearing  

反义参见:

answer  

英英释义

名词 inquiry:

a search for knowledge

同义词：enquiry, research

an instance of questioning

同义词：question, enquiry, query, interrogation

a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

同义词：enquiry

补充

inquiryinquiry英:[inˈkwaiəri] 美:[ɪnˈkwaɪri, ˈɪnˌkwaɪri, ˈɪnkwəri, ˈɪŋ-]n.1.打听, 询问2.调查, 查问

例句

1. After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.简单地询问了一下圣诞节假期的安排之后, 他又回到了音乐的话题。 2. We had 500 inquiries about our advertisement.我们收到了500条关于我们广告的问询。 3. He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone to the Continent.他打听了一番, 发现她已经到欧洲大陆去了。 4. The Democratic Party has called for an independent inquiry into the incident.民主党要求对这一事件进行独立调查。 5. I had become a suspect in a murder inquiry.我成了一项谋杀调查的嫌疑人。 6. This is the most difficult and shocking murder inquiry I have had to open in the last 25 years.这是过去25年来我开展过的最艰难、最骇人的谋杀调查。 7. An inquiry into the incident is to be held next month.下个月将对这一事件进行调查。 8. Two men were helping police with their inquiries at Salisbury last night.昨晚两名男子在索尔兹伯里接受了警方的讯问。 9. Officers from the inquiry team had failed to interview him.调查小组的警官未能对他进行审问。 10. The inquiry report included 55 recommendations.这份调查报告包含55项建议。 11. She refused to answer inquiries from the media about her marriage.她拒绝回答媒体有关其婚姻的问题。 12. She was told that she could not make an inquiry into [=she could not ask about] the salaries of her coworkers.她被告知不能打听同事的薪水。 13. judicial/legislative inquiries司法/立法调查 14. The board ordered an inquiry to determine whether the rules had been followed.董事会下令调查以确认这些规则是否已得到遵守。 15. The police are conducting an inquiry into (the circumstances of) his death.警方正在调查他的死亡（情况）。 16. Further inquiry showed that he had visited the city twice before.进一步的调查显示，之前他曾来过这个城市两次。 17. scientific/academic inquiry科学/学术探索 18. The police are pursuing a new line of inquiry.警方正沿着一条新线索进行调查。