| 单词 | question |
| 释义 | ques·tion I. 1. a. (1) < ask questions about the candidates > — see rhetorical question (2) (3) b. < the question whether or not the people of any time have ever considered their civilization with complete satisfaction — Virgil Jordan > < the question of whether some form of verse is a necessary condition of poetry — Alice Bensen > < the tariff question > < raise the question of adequate financing > broadly < the question of how mankind will use the leisure — A.R.Sweezy > < the question of buying a car > < the questions of where one lives and of the nature and quality of the common life in which one participates — N.M.Pusey > < composing is a question of paper and a pen full of ink — J.D.Cook > c. (1) < the question before the senate > (2) < loud cries for the question > < put the matter to the question > — see previous question d. < a remark that was beside the question > e. < no longer a question but an established fact > < an open question whether the addition is an improvement > 2. a. < a long glance of sulky question — William Sansom > < this kind of division could not support very close question — T.S.Eliot > b. c. < he that was in question for the robbery — Shakespeare > < searched for something or put him to the question — C.B.Child > d. (1) < obey without question > < true beyond question > < words that could without question be used — S.L.Payne > < one question remains unanswered > (2) < no question about the official's honesty > < seemed little question that it would be able to count on government support — Collier's Year Book > < there is no question but that there will be a general rise in wages — E.A.Lahey > (3) < there is no question of bypassing a statutory procedure — Current History > < there was no question of refusing to sit on any of these committees — Andrzej Panufnik > < no longer even any question of escape — John Farrelly > • - in question - into question - out of question - out of the question II. transitive verb 1. < questioned the Indians as to the river's name — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < question the absence of a club member > 2. a. < question a suspect > b. 3. a. (1) < the honesty of these writers is unimpeachable, however much their competency may be questioned — Edward Clodd > (2) < questioned her wisdom in staying on the farm — E.T.Thurston > b. < Babylonian sages who questioned the stars in their efforts to measure time — W.K.Ferguson > < no more accustomed to question language itself than to question the weather — Stuart Chase > intransitive verb 1. 2. obsolete Synonyms: see ask |
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