enquiry

英 [ɪnˈkwaɪəri]

美 [ˈɪnkwəri]

n. 调查; 查究; 查问; 询问; 打听; 查询; 探究; 探索

复数：enquiries　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.2472 / COCA.24159

牛津词典

noun

调查；查究；查问
an official process to find out the cause of sth or to find out information about sth
1. to hold/order an enquiry into the affair
  对此事进行调查；责令调查此事
2. a murder enquiry
  谋杀案调查
3. a public enquiry into the environmental effects of the proposed new road
  拟建新路对环境影响的公开调查
询问；打听
a request for information about sb/sth; a question about sb/sth
1. a telephone enquiry
  电话查询
2. We received over 300 enquiries about the job.
  我们接到300多人次询问这个工作的情况。
3. I'll have to make a few enquiries (= try to find out about it) and get back to you.
  我得打听打听再给你答复。
4. enquiries from prospective students
  未来学生的询问
5. Two men have been helping police with their enquiries (= are being questioned about a crime, but have not been charged with it) .
  两名男子一直在协助警方调查。
查询；探究；探索
the act of asking questions or collecting information about sb/sth
1. scientific enquiry
  科学探索
2. The police are following several lines of enquiry .
  警方正沿着几条线索进行调查。
3. a committee of enquiry
  调查委员会
问讯处
a place where you can get information
1. Ask at enquiries to see if your bag has been handed in.
  到问讯处看看是否有人交来了你的包。

noun

a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
Synonym:inquiry
a search for knowledge
1. their pottery deserves more research than it has received
Synonym:inquiryresearch
an instance of questioning
1. there was a question about my training
2. we made inquiries of all those who were present
Synonym:questioninquiryqueryinterrogation