| 单词 | inquisitor |
| 释义 | inquisitor (once / 4788 pages) n Inquisitor is what you call someone who asks questions in an aggressive way, like a prosecutor in a courtroom, or a parent who wants to know everything you did last night. This word comes from 4th century Rome, where the Church hired religious detectives, called Inquisitors, to root out people who disobeyed the Church's rules. So inquisitors have always been aggressive, even though there's nothing particularly harsh or aggressive about the Latin root quærere, which simply means "ask" or "seek." WORD FAMILYinquisitor: inquisitorial, inquisitors+/inquisitorial: inquisitorially USAGE EXAMPLESFilm Critics for his remarkable turn as the inquisitor. Los Angeles Times(Dec 05, 2016) He told his inquisitors that the ethics charges were “ridiculous.” Time(Sep 30, 2016) In the novel, the inquisitor collects tales about the children and the dog from other travelers. Washington Post(Sep 27, 2016) n a questioner who is excessively harsh Syn|Hyper interrogator asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner someone who asks a question Inquisitor (once / 10995 pages) n WORD FAMILY Inquisitor: Inquisitors USAGE EXAMPLES“As I was ready to shoot a scene, Marty walked in front of me,” said Ogata, who plays the Inquisitor with an unexpected comic touch. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) A magistrate — a figure akin to Dostoyevsky’s Grand Inquisitor — tells Rodrigues that Christianity cannot take root in the “swamp” that is Japan. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) But first, the Inquisitor, Asa’s own brother, orders that she be branded with the sign of the devil. Slate(Oct 28, 2016) n an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition Exp|Hypo|Hyper Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517) Tomas de Torquemadathe Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498) Grand Inquisitor director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal) functionary, official a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
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