inquiry
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.调查；询问；打听；查问
- =enquiry(英).
词根记忆
- in(里) + quir(问) + y→追问到里→打听
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- inquiring：询问的；打听的；爱追究的。
- n性质的同根词
- inquirer：调查者；询问者。
- v性质的同根词
- inquiring：调查（inquire的ing形式）；打听。
用法辨析
- inquiry指“询问，打听”时，是可数名词，后面介词可以使用about。Thanks for your inquiry about my health. 谢谢你询问我的健康情况。
- 表示“询问某人时”用make inquires of sb。注意make inquire比make inquiry要更加普遍。
- inquiry指“调查”时，也时可数名词，但接介词into，如a public inquiry into safety standards（针对安全标准的公开调查）。
英汉例句
- The allegations against them were made in sworn evidence to the inquiry.
在调查取得的宣誓证词中对他们提出了指控。 - Officers had tailed the gang from London during a major undercover inquiry.
在一次重大的秘密调查行动中，警察从伦敦就盯上了那帮匪徒。 - Isherwood was at the court of inquiry to hear the evidence.
伊舍伍德在调查法庭听取证据。 - The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison.
政府成立了一个委员会来调查监狱骚乱事件。 - The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
词组短语
- specific inquiry 具体询价；具体询盘
- inquiry sheet 询价单
- scientific inquiry 科学探究;科学调查;科学探究室
- Inquiry Function 查询函数;询问功能;查询功能
- Critical Inquiry 批评探索;批判探究;批评研究
短语
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.