inquiry

英 [ɪnˈkwaɪəri]

美 [ˈɪnkwəri]

n. 询问; 查询; 打听; (官方的)调查，查问; 询问(或调查)过程

复数：inquiries　

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同义词辨析

inquest inquiry research survey【导航词义：调查】

inquestn. 讯问，审理

〔辨析〕

指对死因的调查，尤指非自然死亡的原因。

〔例证〕

Which coroner will be in charge of the inquest into the deaths of the family?
哪位验尸官将负责对这家人的死因进行调查？
The inquest into the singer's death began yesterday.
对那名歌手死因的审理昨天开始进行。
The police decided to hold an inquest into his death.
警方决定对他的死因进行调查。

inquiryn. 调查，查问

〔辨析〕

指为查明原因或获取信息而进行的调查。

〔例证〕

I've heard that the government will hold an inquiry into the affair.
我听说政府将对此事进行调查。
The public called for an independent inquiry into the accident.
公众要求对事故进行独立调查。

researchn. 研究，探索

〔辨析〕

指为了获得新发现或验证某一设想而进行的细致认真的研究。

〔例证〕

He is doing research on the causes of the disease.
他正在研究那种疾病的病因。
Recent research on asthma has produced some interesting findings.
对哮喘的最新研究已经有了一些令人关注的发现。

surveyn. 调查

〔辨析〕

指以提问或问卷的形式对某一人群的观点或行为所开展的调查。

〔例证〕

We carried out a survey of the living conditions in Beijing.
我们对北京的居住条件作了一次调查。
The survey shows that people now have a higher life expectancy.
调查表明现在人们的预期寿命更长。

柯林斯词典

The spelling enquiry is also used. Inquiry is sometimes pronounced /'ɪŋkwɪri/ in American English. 也拼写作 enquiry。inquiry 在美国英语里有时读作 /'ɪŋkwɪri/。

N-COUNT 询问;查询;打听
Aninquiryis a question which you ask in order to get some information.
1. He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone to the Continent...
  他打听了一番，发现她已经去了欧陆。
2. After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.
  简短地问了一下圣诞假期之后,他又回到了音乐的话题上。
N-COUNT (官方的)调查,查问
Aninquiryis an official investigation.
1. This is the most difficult and shocking murder inquiry I have had to open in the last 25 years...
  这是 25 年来我所展开的最困难、最令人震惊的谋杀调查。
2. The Democratic Party has called for an independent inquiry into the incident.
  民主党要求对事件展开独立调查。
N-UNCOUNT 询问(或调查)过程
Inquiryis the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it.
1. The investigation has suddenly switched to a new line of inquiry.
  调查突然转向了一条新的线索。
PHRASE 协助警方调查
If you say that someoneis 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.
1. Two men were helping police with their inquiries at Salisbury last night.
  两名男子昨天夜里在索尔兹伯里接受了警方盘问。
See also:court of inquiry

英英释义

noun

a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
Synonym:enquiry
a search for knowledge
1. their pottery deserves more research than it has received
Synonym:enquiryresearch
an instance of questioning
1. there was a question about my training
2. we made inquiries of all those who were present
Synonym:questionenquiryqueryinterrogation

双语例句

We accept the outcome of the inquiry, without prejudice to the unsettled question of territorial waters.
我们接受了调查结果，并没有使悬而未决的领海问题进一步恶化。
This has been a bad inquiry from day one
调查工作从一开始就进行不力。
The National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find the answer
国家遗产委员会进行了公开调查以寻找答案。
The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care.
调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。
The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry
委员会委派了一个特别调查员自行调查。
The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.
在接到民众400个热线电话后，调查组亦在对可能的线索进行追踪。
After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music.
简短地问了一下圣诞假期之后，他又回到了音乐的话题上。
At the centre of the inquiry has been concern for the pensioners involved.
调查的核心一直是对于牵涉其中的领取养老金者的关注。
I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose
我真的认为调查没有任何实际意义。
The allegations against them were made in sworn evidence to the inquiry.
在调查取得的宣誓证词中对他们提出了指控。