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inquiry

/in-kwahyuhr-ee, in-kwuh-ree/US // ɪnˈkwaɪər i, ˈɪn kwə ri //UK // (ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ) //

询问,查询,调查,询询

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural in·quir·ies.

    • : a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
    • : an investigation, as into an incident: a Congressional inquiry into the bribery charges.
    • : the act of inquiring or of seeking information by questioning; interrogation.
    • : a question; query.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounasking; looking into
Forms: inquiries

Examples

  • Testimony from Binam and other detainees at Irwin will likely be critical to those inquiries.

  • Democrats cast the probe as a politically driven inquiry to try to damage the party’s presidential nominee.

  • The governor’s office did not immediately respond to ProPublica’s questions about the inquiry.

  • Responding to an inquiry from Fortune, the Korean electronics company said it’s waiting for the results of ongoing tests before discussing the topic.

  • It’s possible, as Barrios’ campaign insisted, that prosecutors have dropped their inquiry since then.

  • On a recent afternoon, the head of the Social Inquiry Foundation, Maria Gaidar, received two elderly ladies in her Moscow office.

  • She had a simple answer to my inquiry about the calls that were never returned—from her or anyone else in the detective bureau.

  • During the Leveson Inquiry, Dance claims to have received a call from the local police.

  • Timeline: Is the story still spreading at the time of the inquiry?

  • The grand jury inquiry affords opportunity to test accuracy of witness accounts.

  • And yet, the acknowledged state of things here is a grave fact which challenges inquiry and demands explanation.

  • At the station the head porter received their inquiry for a Bradshaw with a dull stare and a shake of the head.

  • In the case of the Midland—they appointed a committee of inquiry, and the directors assented to the appointment.

  • It is to be presumed that thereafter Jacob's first inquiry must have been, "Oh now, where did you get such and such goods?"

  • Even the policeman who is paid to direct you, replies to your inquiry with the shortest and gruffest monosyllable that will do.