inquisitorial

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˌkwɪzɪˈtɔːɹiəl/    美 /ɪnˌkwɪzəˈtɔɹiəl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
    — To parody the inquisitorial rhetoric of another age, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a boy-lover.
  2. In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
    — Those few who by some luck happen to escape the madness of social hypnotization are afraid to give expression to their thoughts, because they are terrorized by the inquisitorial intolerance of crazed mobs and frenzied nations.
  3. Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.

词形变化

more inquisitorial comparative most inquisitorial superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
inquisitorialism inquisitorially inquisitorialness inquisitorial system uninquisitorial
相关词
inquest inquisition inquisitor procurator

词源

Etymology tree
English inquisitory
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisder.
Old French -ialder.
Middle English -ial
English -ial
English inquisitorial
From inquisitory + -ial.
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