inquiry

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 询问;查询;打听
   An inquiry is a question which you ask in order to get some information.
   1. 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。
   2. 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 (官方的)调查,查问
   An inquiry is an official investigation.
   1. 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。
   2. 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 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.
   1. 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 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.
   1. 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

1. The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry
   委员会委派了一个特别调查员自行调查。
2. At the centre of the inquiry has been concern for the pensioners involved.
   调查的核心一直是对于牵涉其中的领取养老金者的关注。
3. He met each inquiry with an impassive countenance.
   他面无表情地接受每一个盘问。
4. The government has instituted a court of inquiry to look into the allegations.
   政府已成立了调查法庭来调查这些指控。
5. Isherwood was at the court of inquiry to hear the evidence.
   伊舍伍德在调查法庭听取证据。
6. This has been a bad inquiry from day one
   调查工作从一开始就进行不力。
7. The government ordered an independent inquiry into the affair
   政府下令对该事件进行独立调查。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. The investigation has suddenly switched to a new line of inquiry.
    调查突然转向了一条新的线索。
12. 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。
13. The Judaeo-Christian tradition is diverse, jumbled, contradictory, at every point inviting inquiry and debate.
    犹太-基督教传统呈现多样化，混乱复杂，相互矛盾，在各个方面都会引发质疑和争论。
14. The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.
    在接到民众400个热线电话后，调查组亦在对可能的线索进行追踪。
15. The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care.
    调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。
16. They needed more time to consider whether to hold an inquiry.
    他们需要更多的时间来考虑是否进行调查。
17. Once again an official inquiry has spoken of weak management and ill-trained workers.
    官方调查又一次提到了管理不力与工人缺乏训练的问题。
18. A judge has suspended a ban on the magazine pending a full inquiry.
    一位法官在进行全面调查之前已经暂缓了对该杂志的禁令。
19. None of the banks changed their posture on the deal as a result of the inquiry.
    没有一家银行因为这次调查而对该交易改变立场。
20. Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.
    戈登·布朗已要求对银行的惯例做法进行公开调查。
21. We accept the outcome of the inquiry, without prejudice to the unsettled question of territorial waters.
    我们接受了调查结果，并没有使悬而未决的领海问题进一步恶化。
22. The National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find the answer
    国家遗产委员会进行了公开调查以寻找答案。
23. I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose
    我真的认为调查没有任何实际意义。
24. He's now the subject of an official inquiry.
    他现在是官方调查的对象。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. The government has announced the terms of reference for its proposed committee of inquiry.
    政府已经公布了拟议成立的调查委员会的职权范围。

  inquest inquiry research survey【导航词义：调查】

  inquest n. 讯问，审理

〔辨析〕指对死因的调查，尤指非自然死亡的原因。

  inquiry n. 调查，查问

〔辨析〕指为查明原因或获取信息而进行的调查。

  research n. 研究，探索

〔辨析〕指为了获得新发现或验证某一设想而进行的细致认真的研究。

  survey n. 调查

〔辨析〕指以提问或问卷的形式对某一人群的观点或行为所开展的调查。

noun

1. a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

   Synonym:    enquiry

2. a search for knowledge
   1. their pottery deserves more research than it has received

   Synonym:    enquiryresearch

3. an instance of questioning
   1. there was a question about my training
   2. we made inquiries of all those who were present

   Synonym:    questionenquiryqueryinterrogation