inquiry
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?n'kwa??r??n'kwa?r?]
- 美式音標 [?n'kwa?ri; '?n,kwa?ri; '?nkw?ri; '??kwa?ri]
- 國際音標 [in'kwai?ri]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.調查；詢問；打聽；查問
- =enquiry(英).
詞根記憶
- 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）。
英漢例句
- 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(jiān)獄騷亂事件。 - The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.
調查之事遠未蓋棺定論。
詞組短語
- 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
短語
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
- 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.