• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 六级真题
  • 柯林斯词典释义
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
  • N-COUNT
    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。
  • N-COUNT
    (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。
  • N-UNCOUNT
    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。
  • 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。