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inquisition/iŋkwiˈziʃ(ə)n/n. 1 usu. derog. an intensive search or investigation [通常贬]调查,盘问 2 a judicial or official inquiry (法官的)审讯 3 (作 the Inquisition) RC Ch. hist. an ecclesiastical tribunal for the suppression of heresy, esp. in Spain, operating through torture and execution 【天主教】[史义] (尤指西班牙审判异教徒的)宗教裁判所,宗教法庭 □ inquisitional adj.[Middle English via Old French from Latin inquisitio -onis ‘examination’ (as INQUIRE)] |