单词 | inquiry |
释义 | inquiry¹ 1.(request for information)打听;询问 After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.简单地询问了一下圣诞节假期的安排之后, 他又回到了音乐的话题。 We had 500 inquiries about our advertisement.我们收到了500条关于我们广告的问询。 to make an inquiry打听 He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone to the Continent.他打听了一番, 发现她已经到欧洲大陆去了。 2.(official investigation)(尤指官方的)调查 The Democratic Party has called for an independent inquiry into the incident.民主党要求对这一事件进行独立调查。 I had become a suspect in a murder inquiry.我成了一项谋杀调查的嫌疑人。 to open an inquiryorto hold an inquiry开展调查;进行调查 This is the most difficult and shocking murder inquiry I have had to open in the last 25 years.这是过去25年来我开展过的最艰难、最骇人的谋杀调查。 An inquiry into the incident is to be held next month.下个月将对这一事件进行调查。 See alsopublic inquiry parliamentary inquiry 3.to help (the) police with their inquiries<英>协助警方调查(指接受讯问, 但尚未受到指控) Two men were helping police with their inquiries at Salisbury last night.昨晚两名男子在索尔兹伯里接受了警方的讯问。 inquiry²(尤指官方)调查的 Officers from the inquiry team had failed to interview him.调查小组的警官未能对他进行审问。 The inquiry report included 55 recommendations.这份调查报告包含55项建议。 |
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