(law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination
Some MPs yesterday proved themselves to be capable questioners, but, in truth, this was hardly an inquisition. There will be much harsher and more forensic cross-examinations ahead.
昨天，一些下院议员被证实成为质询人，但事实上这仅仅只是一个调查，预先将会有更为严格和合法的盘问。
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Method The study methods of this project included dynamic disease surveillance, multiple risk factors examinations, cross - sectional and prospective study, and modeling of predictive models, etc.
The contemporary literary criticism is facing different kinds of interrogations and cross-examinations. Its quality degenerates and its credibility decreases to the freezing point.