inquire

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈkwaɪə/|/ɪŋˈkwaɪə/    美 /ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/|/ɪŋˈkwaɪɹ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To ask (about something). Australia,Canada,US,ambitransitive,intransitive
    — May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking?
  2. To make an inquiry or an investigation. ambitransitive,intransitive
    — Police are already inquiring into the incident.
  3. To call; to name. ambitransitive,obsolete,transitive
    — Canute had his portion from the rest, The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre, Now Cantium, which Kent we commenly inquire.

词形变化

inquires present,singular,third-person inquiring participle,present inquired participle,past inquired past enquire alternative,UK

词汇关系

近义词
frain
衍生词
inquirable inquire after inquire of inquirer inquiringly inquirist noninquiring reinquire uninquired
相关词
inquest inquiry inquisition inquisitive inquisitor query

词源

From Latin inquīrō (“to seek for”), composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Displaced Middle English enqueren (from Old French enquerre, of the same source) and native Middle English speir (“ask, inquire”).
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