inquire

英 [ɪn'kwaɪə(r)] 美 [ɪn'kwaɪər]

• vt. 询问；查究
• vi. 询问；查究

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 打听，询问，查问，质问
2. 调查，盘查，查究

英英释义

Verb:

1. inquire about;

   "I asked about their special today"
   "He had to ask directions several times"
   

2. have a wish or desire to know something;

   "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
   

3. 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"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. We inquired the way of a boy.
   我们向一个男孩问路。
2. I shall inquire of him why the train is late.
   我要去问他火车为什么晚点。
3. 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。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. I recommend that you inquire about the job.
   我建议你打听一下这项工作。
2. He went to inquire for a letter at the post office.
   他到邮局去查问一封信。
3. The police will inquire into the cause of his death.
   警方将调查他的死因。

经典引文

• The use of a Probe..sometimes to enquire the depth of a wound.

  出自： J. Woodall

词汇搭配

• 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

词义辨析

v. (动词)

inquire, ask, interrogate, query, question

• 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

• 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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• ask 询问
• question 问题
• query 疑问
• request 请求
• find out 发现
• investigate 调查
• demand 要求
• research 研究
• interrogate 质问
• ask about 询问
• about 关于
• enquire 询问
• wonder 惊奇

【反义词】

• reply 回答
• answer 回答