| 单词 | enquiry |
| 释义 | enquiry (once / 1188 pages) n The noun enquiry is a British spelling of the word "inquiry." Both words mean the act of asking questions to gain information. If you are in London, you can make enquiries about the opening times of the many museums there. Although enquiry is now considered the variant spelling in the United States, it was the original English spelling of the word that comes from the Old French word enquerre. The noun also means a systematic investigation, usually undertaken for the benefit of the public. If you discover pollution in your local river, the government may open an enquiry into the source of the pollution and ways to clean it up. WORD FAMILYenquiry: enquiries+/enquire: enquired, enquirer, enquires, enquiring, enquiry/enquirer: enquirers USAGE EXAMPLESBoth drivers were assisting with enquiries, the force added. BBC(Dec 10, 2016) Enquiries from potential new buyers also recorded an increase in the Rics survey. BBC(Dec 07, 2016) They report more frequently than Chinese students that they value scientific approaches to enquiry and adopt a questioning approach. BBC(Dec 06, 2016) 1n an instance of questioning Syn|Ant|Hyper inquiry, interrogation, query, question answer the speech act of replying to a question inquiring, questioning a request for information 2n a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest Syn|Hypo|Hyper inquiry means test an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid inquestan inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death investigating, investigation the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically 3n a search for knowledge Syn|Hypo|Hyper inquiry, research nature study the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level) experiment, experimentationthe testing of an idea empirical researchan empirical search for knowledge investigation, probean inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities canvass, opinion poll, poll, public opinion pollan inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people heraldrythe study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies pilot experimenta preliminary experiment whose outcome can lead to a more extensive experiment test, trial, trial run, tryouttrying something to find out about it fishing expeditionan investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information exit polla poll of voters as they leave the voting place; usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an election straw poll, straw votean unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue problem solving the thought processes involved in solving a problem |
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