例句
英語六級真題
After making inquiries Hughes discovered that they were being composed on computers, then just finding their way into British homes.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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N-COUNT
詢問;查詢;打聽
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...
他打聽了一番，發現她已經去了歐陸。
After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.
簡短地問了一下圣誕假期之后,他又回到了音樂的話題上。
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N-COUNT
(官方的)調查,查問
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...
這是 25 年來我所展開的最困難、最令人震驚的謀殺調查。
The Democratic Party has called for an independent inquiry into the incident.
民主黨要求對事件展開獨立調查。
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N-UNCOUNT
詢問(或調查)過程
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.
調查突然轉向了一條新的線索。
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PHRASE
協助警方調查
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.
兩名男子昨天夜里在索爾茲伯里接受了警方盤問。