Inquire
[ɪn'kwaɪə] or [ɪn'kwaɪr]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.
(v. i.) To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination.
(v. t.) To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.
(v. t.) To call or name.
手打:丽贝卡
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. [Written also Enquire.] [1]. Ask, question, seek information (by questioning), make inquiry.[2]. Make investigation, make examination.
錄入:诺兰
解釋/意思:
v.i. to ask a question: to make an investigation.—v.t. to ask about: to make an examination regarding: (Spens.) to call.—n. (Shak.) a seeking for information.—ns. Inquirā′tion (Dickens) inquiry; Inquiren′do (law) an authority to inquire; Inquir′er.—adj. Inquir′ing given to inquiry.—adv. Inquir′ingly.—n. Inquir′y act of inquiring: search for knowledge: investigation; a question.—Writ of inquiry a writ appointing an inquest.
校對:拉弗尔斯
例句/造句/用法:
- No, I never inquire. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The garden gate was open to the lane, and I went in at once to inquire my way. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- My leg, which you inquire after, is now quite well. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Mr. Moore, a lady called to inquire after you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The carrier looked at me, as if to inquire if she were coming back. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This is not for you to inquire into. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- You sent me a message respecting the person whose writing I happened to inquire about. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I asked first if Sir Percival was at the Park, and receiving a reply in the negative, inquired next when he had left it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mrs. Porter inquired, growing impatient. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I naturally inquired why he was not there too, instead of pacing the streets by himself? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I immediately inquired of her why she left her home with such a dreadful cough. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I inquired after Sophia, who had not been permitted to visit me because the scarlet fever was considered infectious. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Has anything more been heard, Veneering,' he inquired, 'of the lucky legatee? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I inquired, in a low voice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I could not forbear inquiring. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- On his inquiring if he might have a conversation with her she replied, Yes, walk beside me, and continued to move on. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It might have been her own fate she was inquiring after. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- As to his real character, had information been in her power, she had never felt a wish of inquiring. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Inquiring at the hotel, I received the necessary directions for finding the Sergeant's cottage. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Glancing towards Mr and Mrs Boffin, she very slightly raised her eyebrows, as though inquiring of her husband: 'Do I notice anything wrong here? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Inquiring after him at night, Mr Flintwinch found, with surprise, that he had paid his bill and gone back to the Continent by way of Calais. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Grandfather Smallweed inquires, slowly rubbing his legs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Mrs Podsnap inquires whether the young person is a young person of personal charms? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn had listened gravely to this complaint and inquires when the stationer has finished, And that's all, is it, Snagsby? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Mrs. Snagsby repeatedly inquires of herself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Mr Podsnap inquires what would become of the very large fortune, in the event of the marriage condition not being fulfilled? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Scientific thought is in this sense Pythagorean, that it inquires in reference to quantity and proporti on. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Grandfather Smallweed inquires of Judy, Bart's twin sister. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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