n. 1.询问,质问;追究。 2.调查,审查。 短语和例子 inquiry agency (工商)调查所,征信所。 inquiry office 问讯处,问事处。 hold an official inquiry 进行正式调查。 make a searching inquiry 追究,探究。 make inquiries 质问,询问,调查,探访 (about; into)。 on [upon] inquiry 调查之后(的结果)。 make inquiries of sb. about sth. 向某人询问某事。 hold an inquiry into a case 对一桩案子进行调查。
a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest 同义词:enquiry,
a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received" 同义词:enquiry, research,
an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" 同义词:question, enquiry, query, interrogation,
An inquiry is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.
例句与用法
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Nasa officials opened a broad inquiry . 宇航局官员开始进行广泛调查。
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The police made house-to-house inquiries . 警方进行了逐户调查。
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Letitia replied to the off-hand inquiry . 利蒂霞这么回答了这个唐突的问题。
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The inquiry elicited these facts . 调查结果发现下列这些事实。
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Metaphysical inquiry came out of physical fact . 哲学上的玄想出自实际情况。
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He is quite within his rights to demand an inquiry . 他完全有权要求进行调查。
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My only object was to keep off his inquiries . 我的唯一目的是不让他问长问短。
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The police are following several lines of inquiry . 警方正沿几条线索进行调查。
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An inquiry is now in progress . 调查工作此刻正在进行中。
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I had an answer to my inquiries an hour ago . 我查询的问题在一小时以前得到了答复。