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inquiry n.调查；询问；打听；查问=enquiry(英). (1) 我们曾请求法院调查。(2) 他们答应对这次飞机失事进行彻底的调查。(3) 我对你的咨询无能为力。(4) 他写信询问，希望打听一下消息。(5) 请接到我们的询价单后马上给我们报价。 Though any question is, technically, an inquiry, that word is usually used to refer to an official or public search for the truth. For instance, after a plane crash, the government launches an inquiry into the cause. Politicians and government officials are often the ones who demand an inquiry when an important question needs to be answered, but a child can do the same thing. If your kid wants to know what's for dinner, she can make an inquiry about it. She can also just — you know — ask.

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英 [ɪn'kwaɪərɪ] 美 [ɪn'kwaɪrɪ] (1) We made an application to the court for an inquiry.(2) They've promised a thorough inquiry into the plane crash.(3) I'm not able to help you with your inquiry.(4) He is fishing for information by a letter of inquiry.(5) Please quote us as soon as you receive our inquiry. When you ask the guy behind the counter if they've got any aspirin, you're making an inquiry. Almost any search for information or knowledge is an inquiry, though an inquiry is often an official search. The spelling enquiry is also used. Inquiry is sometimes pronounced /'ɪŋkwɪri/ in American English. 也拼写作 enquiry。inquiry 在美国英语里有时读作 /'ɪŋkwɪri/。1[N-COUNT 可数名词]询问；查询；打听 An inquiry is a question which you ask in order to get some information. He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone to the Continent...他打听了一番，发现她已经去了欧陆。After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.简短地问了一下圣诞假期之后，他又回到了音乐的话题上。2[N-COUNT 可数名词](官方的)调查，查问 An inquiry is an official investigation. This is the most difficult and shocking murder inquiry I have had to open in the last 25 years...这是 25 年来我所展开的最困难、最令人震惊的谋杀调查。The Democratic Party has called for an independent inquiry into the incident.民主党要求对事件展开独立调查。3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]询问(或调查)过程 Inquiry is the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it. The investigation has suddenly switched to a new line of inquiry.调查突然转向了一条新的线索。4[PHRASE 短语]协助警方调查 If you say that someone is helping the police with their inquiries, you mean that the police are questioning them about a crime, but have not yet charged them with it.   [V inflects]  [BRIT 英]Two men were helping police with their inquiries at Salisbury last night.两名男子昨天夜里在索尔兹伯里接受了警方盘问。5See also:court of inquiry；

英语单词	inquiry
英美音标	英 [ɪn'kwaɪərɪ] 美 [ɪn'kwaɪrɪ]
中文释义	n.调查；询问；打听；查问 =enquiry(英).
英语例句	(1) We made an application to the court for an inquiry. (2) They've promised a thorough inquiry into the plane crash. (3) I'm not able to help you with your inquiry. (4) He is fishing for information by a letter of inquiry. (5) Please quote us as soon as you receive our inquiry.
中文例句	(1) 我们曾请求法院调查。 (2) 他们答应对这次飞机失事进行彻底的调查。 (3) 我对你的咨询无能为力。 (4) 他写信询问，希望打听一下消息。 (5) 请接到我们的询价单后马上给我们报价。
vocabulary简明	When you ask the guy behind the counter if they've got any aspirin, you're making an inquiry. Almost any search for information or knowledge is an inquiry, though an inquiry is often an official search.
vocabulary扩展	Though any question is, technically, an inquiry, that word is usually used to refer to an official or public search for the truth. For instance, after a plane crash, the government launches an inquiry into the cause. Politicians and government officials are often the ones who demand an inquiry when an important question needs to be answered, but a child can do the same thing. If your kid wants to know what's for dinner, she can make an inquiry about it. She can also just — you know — ask.
柯林斯解释	The spelling enquiry is also used. Inquiry is sometimes pronounced /'ɪŋkwɪri/ in American English. 也拼写作 enquiry。inquiry 在美国英语里有时读作 /'ɪŋkwɪri/。 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]询问；查询；打听 An inquiry is a question which you ask in order to get some information. He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone to the Continent... 他打听了一番，发现她已经去了欧陆。 After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music. 简短地问了一下圣诞假期之后，他又回到了音乐的话题上。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](官方的)调查，查问 An inquiry is an official investigation. This is the most difficult and shocking murder inquiry I have had to open in the last 25 years... 这是 25 年来我所展开的最困难、最令人震惊的谋杀调查。 The Democratic Party has called for an independent inquiry into the incident. 民主党要求对事件展开独立调查。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]询问(或调查)过程 Inquiry is the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it. The investigation has suddenly switched to a new line of inquiry. 调查突然转向了一条新的线索。 4 [PHRASE 短语]协助警方调查 If you say that someone is helping the police with their inquiries, you mean that the police are questioning them about a crime, but have not yet charged them with it. [V inflects] [BRIT 英] Two men were helping police with their inquiries at Salisbury last night. 两名男子昨天夜里在索尔兹伯里接受了警方盘问。 5 See also:court of inquiry ；

Inquiry Official Question Police Made Plane Information Search