动 ask，inquire，question，ask about [after]；名 （姓氏） a surname，asking ；

[例句] “你什么意思啊？”我问，替利迪感到愤愤不平。 "What do you mean?" I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.

[例句] “你走路有困难吗？”护士问他。 "Can you walk all right?" the nurse asked him.

ask about，enquire，[律] examination，[电子] inquiry，ask ；

[例句] 他四处询问，得知比利还没到这儿。 He had asked around and learned that Billy was not yet here.

[例句] 其中一位新闻记者询问是否有人为破坏的可能性。 One of the journalists queried whether sabotage could have been involved.

visit，call on，interview，access，accessing ；

[例句] 总统即将结束对索马里的访问。 The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia.

[例句] 他此次访问旨在增进两国间的关系。 His visit is intended to strengthen ties between the two countries.

question，problem，matter，trouble，issue ；

[例句] 他其实并不关心诸如此类的问题。 Issues such as these were not really his concern.

[例句] 关键问题是4名被告是否存在欺诈行为。 The key issue was whether the four defendants acted dishonestly.

adviser，consultant，advisor，counsellor，counselor ；

express sympathy and solicitude for，extend one's regards to，convey greetings to，salute，condole ；

[例句] 我对所有的亲人表示由衷的慰问。 My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all the relatives.

[例句] 请接受我的慰问. Please accept my condolences.

question，interrogate，query，call to account，assail ；

[例句] 有人质问他早先说过的那些速战速决的大话. He was asked about earlier boasts of a quick victory.

[例句] 我就他虚伪的政治观点质问他。 I challenged him on the hypocrisy of his political attitudes.

（试探着询问） make cautious inquiries about，（探望， 问候） inquire after，ask after ；

[例句] 她用探问的目光看看我说：“怎么样？” She looked at me inquiringly. "Well?"

[例句] 琼斯一直在探问你的健康状况. Jones has been asking after you.

interrogate，question，examine，hear，cross-question；

[例句] 我很清楚审问我的人想听到些什么。 I was well aware of what my interrogators wanted to hear.

[例句] 经过警察数小时的审问，她才供认了全部罪行。 After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession.

cross-examine，interrogate，catechize，inquire，challenge ；

[例句] 有13名男子因谋杀案受到盘问。 13 men have been questioned in connection with the murder.

[例句] 两名男子昨天夜里在索尔兹伯里接受了警方盘问。 Two men were helping police with their inquiries at Salisbury last night.

send one's respects [regards] to，extend greetings to，compliment，greeting，regard ；

[例句] 他握着她的手表示问候，关切地问她一切是否都好。 He took her hand in greeting and asked solicitously how everything was.

[例句] 她的问候中带着一丝傲慢。 There was a tinge of condescension in her greeting.

questions and answers，interlocution ；

[例句] 常识问答比赛 a general knowledge quiz

[例句] 常识问答竞赛 a general knowledge quiz

interrogate，question，ask about，enquire，inquest ；

[例句] 这些人被传唤，上周有30人到霍夫地方法院接受讯问。 The men were summonsed and last week 30 appeared before Hove magistrates.

[例句] 一名男子被警方逮捕并拘押讯问。 A man was arrested by the police and held for questioning.

query，question，problem，doubt，peradventure ；

[例句] 当时，许多技术专家对那种工艺抱有疑问。 Many technical experts at the time had doubts about the technology.

[例句] 如有任何疑问，就给我发邮件。 If you have any problems then send me some mail.

inquire，question，interrogate，look into ；

[例句] 一名男子就那起抢劫案接受查问. A man is being questioned in connection with the robbery.

[例句] 一些工会领导人也受到反动警察的查问. Some of the labour leaders were also questioned by the reactionary police.

[书] closely question，interrogate，cross-examine，heckle ；

[例句] 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问,弄得报社应接不暇. The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial.

[例句] 他遭到无情的羞辱和诘问。 He was insulted and heckled mercilessly.

learning，knowledge，scholarship，letter，lore ；

[例句] 他混迹于有魅力、有学问或有名气的人当中。 He surrounds himself with attractive, intelligent, or well-known people.

[例句] 他的学问显然博大精深。 His erudition was apparently endless.

ask in reply，answer a question with a question，[语]rhetorical question ；

[例句] 他微微皱了下眉头，显然并不期待任何人回答他的反问。 He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question.

[例句] 我顶了嘴，反问了几句。 I talked back and asked questions.

send one's regards to，say hello to，extend greetings to，give the time of day ；

[例句] 我收到了一封简写来的信。她向你问好。 I had a letter from Jane. She asks after you.

[例句] 她向你问好——看得出来你在那里大受欢迎。 She sends her best wishes — you've obviously made a hit there.

question mark，interrogation mark ，unknown factor，unsolved problem，interrogation ；

[例句] 他们的不少期货都还是个问号。 A question mark hangs over many of their futures.

[例句] 当局是否允许检查还是个大问号。 Whether the authorities will allow inspection is highly doubtful.