详细释义
- 打听，询问，查问，质问
- 调查，盘查，查究
v. (动词)
英英释义
Verb:
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inquire about;
"I asked about their special today"
"He had to ask directions several times"
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have a wish or desire to know something;
"He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
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conduct an inquiry or investigation of;
"The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"
"inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"
双语例句
- 1. Inspectors were appointed to inquire into the affairs of the company.
- 督查员受委派调查该公司的事务。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Elsie called to inquire after my health.
- 埃尔茜打电话来问候我。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. You can inquire of your new neighbors where the post office is.
- 你可以问问你的新邻居邮局在哪儿.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He went to the hospital to inquire about her.
- 他到医院去打听她的情况.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. We must inquire into the matter.
- 我们必须调查此事.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- We inquired the way of a boy.
我们向一个男孩问路。 - I shall inquire of him why the train is late.
我要去问他火车为什么晚点。 - He frowned and determined to inquire thoroughly into the matter.
他把眉头一皱，决计要把事情查究个彻底。 - I recommend that you inquire about the job.
我建议你打听一下这项工作。 - He went to inquire for a letter at the post office.
他到邮局去查问一封信。 - The police will inquire into the cause of his death.
警方将调查他的死因。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
用作不及物动词 (vi.)
用法讲解
v. (动词)
- inquire, ask, interrogate, query, question
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- 这组词都有“问,询问”之意。其区别是：
- ask是最常用词,指对不了解的事情提出问题,并期望得到答复,常用在口语中,例如：
- Did you ask him his name and address?你问他的姓名和地址了吗?
- inquire多用作书面语,比ask正式,常译作“询问,调查”,指为得到某人或某物的真实确切情况而详细“询问”,但不一定要有被问者,例如：
- The police are trying to inquire into the cause of his death.警察正在设法查出他的死因。
- question指对某人或某物主动提出问题,以便了解详细情况,意思为“提出,质问”,含有审问的意思,例如：
- The prisoner was questioned by the police.犯人被警察所质问。
- interrogate意为“盘问,提问题”,多指为了某种特殊目的,希望把一切搞清楚而进行的有条理的询问,可与question互换,例如：
- The lawyer took a long time to interrogate the witness fully.律师花了很长的时间来彻底地盘问证人。
- query作“质问”或“提出疑问”解,这种“质问”多指向自己的上级或有权势的人提出的质问,目的在于消除疑问,例如：
- They queried the President about his intentions.他们对总统的想法提出了疑问。
- ask，demand，inquire，question
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- 这些动词均含有“问，询问”之意。
- ask最普通用词，可与demand, inquire和question换用，但ask用于口语中，指提出问题让人回答。
- demand指根据自己的权利、职责或身份认为有必要弄清情况而正式发问，常隐含命令对方回答的意味。
- inquire较正式用词，指为得到真实情况而详细询问或调查了解。
- question指因感到可疑或为了解情况，弄清究竟而发问，有时指一连串的发问。
- inquire after 问候
- inquire for 求见
- inquire into 调查
- inquire of 探问
- inquire about 查问
- inquire by telephone 打电话去问
- enquire 询问
- inquire concerning 查问
- inquire within 到屋内询问
- inquire upon 查问
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