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单词 inquire
释义
Inquire
vverb.communicationaddress a question to and expect an answer from
Synset:ask enquire
Examples:
  • Ask your teacher about trigonometry
  • The children asked me about their dead grandmother
  • I inquired about their special today
  • He had to ask directions several times
Derivationally Related Form:enquirerenquiryaskerinquiryinquiringinquirer
Hypernyms:communicate intercommunicate
Inherited Hypernyms:askcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:confer withconsultinterrogatepryqueryquestion
Full Troponyms:catechizecheck outconsultcross examinedebriefexaminegrillinterpellateinterrogateprypumpquestionquizrequestseekwonder
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s whether INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s somebody something | They --- them the information (apply to: ask) | They --- whether there was a traffic accident (apply to: enquire, inquire)
vverb.cognitionhave a wish or desire to know something
Synset:enquire wonder
Examples:
  • He wondered who had built this beautiful church
Derivationally Related Form:inquisitivewondererwonder
Hypernyms:query question
Inherited Hypernyms:wonderquestionaskcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:request
Full Troponyms:requestseek
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s whether INFINITIVE
vverb.communicationconduct an inquiry or investigation of
Synset:enquire investigate
Examples:
  • The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
  • inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
Derivationally Related Form:investigationenquirerenquiryinvestigativeinquiryinquiringinvestigatoryinquisitiveinvestigatorinvestigating
Hypernyms:examine probe
Inherited Hypernyms:investigateprobeinvestigateanalyze
Direct Hyponyms:spy
Full Troponyms:spy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | They --- whether there was a traffic accident (apply to: investigate)
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