inquiries

英 [ɪnˈkwaɪəriz]

美 [ɪnˈkwaɪəriz]

n.  询问; 查询; 打听; (官方的)调查，查问; 询问(或调查)过程
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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/。


• N-COUNT 询问;查询;打听
  Aninquiryis 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。
• N-COUNT (官方的)调查,查问
  Aninquiryis 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 询问(或调查)过程
  Inquiryis 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。
• PHRASE 协助警方调查
  If you say that someoneis 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。
• See also:court of inquiry

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