例句
英语六级真题
After making inquiries Hughes discovered that they were being composed on computers, then just finding their way into British homes.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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询问;查询;打听
An inquiry is a question which you ask in order to get some information.
例句
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。
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。
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(官方的)调查,查问
An inquiry is an official investigation.
例句
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。
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。
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询问(或调查)过程
Inquiry is the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it.
例句
The investigation has suddenly switched to a new line of inquiry.
调查突然转向了一条新的线索。
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PHRASE
协助警方调查
If you say that someone is 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.
例句
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。