enquire
英 [?n'kwa??]
美[?n'kwa?r]
- vi. 詢問；調查；問候（等于inquire）
- vt. 詢問；打聽
CET4TEM4IELTS考研常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?enquires;過去式:?enquired;過去分詞:?enquired;現在分詞:?enquiring;
中文詞源
enquire 詢問
en-, 進入，使。-quir, 詢問，詞源同query, question.
英文詞源
- enquire
- enquire: [13] The -quire element in enquire (or inquire, as it is alternatively spelled) is etymologically related to English query and question. The word comes via Old French enquerre from *inquāerere, the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin inquīrere. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix in- and quaerere ‘seek, ask’. The modern English spelling with i in the second syllable comes from a 15th-century reintroduction of the vowel of Latin inquīrere. Inquest [13] comes from the Latin verb’s past participle.
=> inquest, query, question - enquire (v.)
- alternative form of inquire, according to OED mainly used in sense of "to ask a question." Related: enquired; enquiring.
雙語例句
- 1. I called the station to enquire about train times.
- 我打電話到車站詢問火車時刻。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. They neglected to enquire whether these Methods: Were possible or practicable.
- 他們不去問問這些方法是否辦得到,是否行得通.
來自辭典例句
- 3. We must enquire ( as to ) whether he really came.
- 我們得打聽一下,他是不是真的來過.
來自辭典例句
- 4. If you dare to enquire into Nature, try to discover her laws.
- 你們要是敢于對大自然刨根問底, 就去設法揭示它的規律吧.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She wrote to enquire the cause of the delay.
- 她只得寫信去詢問拖延的理由.
來自辭典例句