Enquire
[ ɪn'kwaɪr ]
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vi. 打听; 询问;问问题;查问;
💡 词根助记
en(into)+quire(seek)→询问；调查
📝 例句
We enquired the way to the airport.
我们打听去机场的路。
"I didn't enquire," answered the doctor with some asperity.
“我没有问，”医生回答得相当尖刻。
I enquired about trains to New York.
我查问有关去纽约的火车开行情况。
She wrote to enquire the cause of the delay.
她只得写信去询问拖延的理由。
They neglected to enquire whether these methods were possible or practicable.
他们不去问问这些方法是否办得到，是否行得通。
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
en-表示“内”
📖 牛津释义
enquire
enquiry, = inquire, inquiry.
🔁 扩展释义
*[in'kwaiә]vt. 询问vi. 询问【法】 询问, 调查, 查究
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Today Ellis Island is a museum, showing the roots of America's new citizens, who came from all the corners of the earth.
今天，埃利斯岛成了一座博物馆，展示着来自世界各地的美国新公民的根源。
The man who had fixed up the air-line was also questioned.
安装供气管的那位工人也被提问。
She didn't visit her step-mother much, though I believe that they used to speak on the phone from time to time.
她不常看望她的继母，虽然，我相信她们过去时不进在电话里聊一聊。