enquire

英 [ɪnˈkwaɪə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈkwaɪər]

v.  询问; 打听

过去式：enquired　现在分词：enquiring　过去分词：enquired　第三人称单数：enquires　

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BNC.4340 / COCA.29201

短语用例

enquire after sb

• 向某人问好（或问候）
  to ask for information about sb, especially about their health or about what they are doing
  1. I called the station to enquire about train times.
     我打电话到车站询问火车时刻。
  2. She enquired as to your whereabouts.
     她打听你的下落。
  3. Might I enquire why you have not mentioned this until now?
     请问你为什么直到现在才提及此事呢？
  4. He enquired her name.
     他打听她的姓名。

enquire into sth

• 调查；查究；查问
  to find out more information about sth

enquire sth of sb

• 向某人打听（或询问、了解）
  to ask sb sth

牛津词典

verb

• 询问；打听
  to ask sb for some information
  1. I called the station to enquire about train times.
     我打电话到车站询问火车时刻。
  2. She enquired as to your whereabouts.
     她打听你的下落。
  3. Might I enquire why you have not mentioned this until now?
     请问你为什么直到现在才提及此事呢？
  4. He enquired her name.
     他打听她的姓名。

柯林斯词典

• → see:inquire

英英释义

verb

• have a wish or desire to know something
  1. He wondered who had built this beautiful church
  Synonym:wonderinquire
• inquire about
  1. I asked about their special today
  2. He had to ask directions several times
  Synonym:askinquire
• conduct an inquiry or investigation of
  1. The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
  2. inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
  Synonym:investigateinquire

双语例句

• It is not our business to enquire why he did it.
  我们没有权利调查他为什么这样做。
• This is how I found you I would like to enquire about your Potassium Carbonate if possible.
  可能的话，我想咨询贵公司的碳酸钾的有关情况。
• I'm phoning to enquire about your advertisement for a junior secretary.
  我打电话是想询问一下有关你们登广告招聘一位初级秘书的事。
• He referred only parenthetically to his illness so I didn't enquire further.
  他只是附带提到他的病，所以我就没有进一步询问。
• Can change, this wants yourself to enquire directly to place signing up.
  能不能改，这要你自己到报名地点去直接询问。
• To enquire after Marianne was at first his excuse;
  起先，他以问候玛丽安为借口。
• Would you enquire as to who has been the biggest influence on his career?
  你会不会问贝尼斯特，在其职业生涯期间谁对他的影响最大？
• "I didn't enquire." answered the doctor with some asperity.
  “我没有问。”医生回答得相当尖刻。
• I recently e-mailed one website to enquire why my goods had not yet arrived.
  我最近给一个网站发邮件去询问为什么我订购的商品还没有到达。
• We must enquire whether he really came.
  我们得打听一下，他是不是真的来过。