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call into question

/kwes-chuhn/US // ˈkwɛs tʃən //UK // (ˈkwɛstʃən) //

质疑,怀疑,质询,疑问

Related Words

query询问,查询,疑问,询investigation调查,调研,调查报告,调查情况inquiry询问,查询,调查,询询questioning质询,讯问,质问,疑问mystery神秘,神秘的,谜团,神秘感objection反对,反对意见,意见,反对声confusion混乱,迷惑,混乱局面,困惑challenge挑战,挑战赛,挑战性,难题uncertainty不确定性,不确定,不确定因素,不明朗argument争论,争吵,争执,论点difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决debate辩论,争论,讨论,辩论会dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执point点,地点,指点,观点discussion讨论,探讨,研讨,商讨topic主题,专题,题目,专题报道theme主题,专题,题目,课题proposal建议,提议,方案,提案subject主题,课题,题目,题材

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
    • : a problem for discussion or under discussion; a matter for investigation.
    • : a matter of some uncertainty or difficulty; problem: It was simply a question of time.
    • : a subject of dispute or controversy.
    • : a proposal to be debated or voted on, as in a meeting or a deliberative assembly.
    • : the procedure of putting a proposal to vote.
    • : Politics. a problem of public policy submitted to the voters for an expression of opinion.
    • : Law. a controversy that is submitted to a judicial tribunal or administrative agency for decision.the interrogation by which information is secured.Obsolete.judicial examination or trial.
    • : the act of asking or inquiring; interrogation; query.
    • : inquiry into or discussion of some problem or doubtful matter.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to ask a question; ask questions of; interrogate.
    • : to ask or inquire.
    • : to make a question of; doubt: He questioned her sincerity.
    • : to challenge or dispute: She questioned the judge's authority in the case.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to ask a question or questions.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbraise doubt
Synonyms
bring into question质疑,质问,质询,怀疑cast doubt on怀疑,质疑,疑惑,疑虑dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执raise a question提出一个问题,提出问题,提问,发问

Examples

  • If you can’t find any, try commenting on the videos you have questions about.

  • It hinted that quantum physicists had hit on the right answer to the wrong question.

  • It’s just a question of finding them and working out which are most useful to you.

  • Interviewers ask useless questions, make snap judgments, and favor candidates with backgrounds that are similar to their own.

  • Before going through all these steps, make sure that the URL in question is not canonicalized, no-indexed, blocked in robots etc.

  • He also bragged about earning a PhD, a point Smerconish did not question.

  • She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.

  • Her post-crown fame, though, only further begs the question: Why has there not been another Jewish Miss America since 1945?

  • We were barely into the appetizer when he asked a fairly basic question—where did my family live?

  • The woman in question, meanwhile, has business of her own to take care of—she is reported to be shopping a memoir.

  • There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.

  • In fact, except for Ramona's help, it would have been a question whether even Alessandro could have made Baba work in harness.

  • It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.

  • Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"

  • The moment was an awkward one, and Cynthia wished madly that she had not been prompted to ask that unfortunate question.

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