enquire

[in'kwaiər]

v.询问, 调查

例句与用法:

The council set up a committee to enquire into local unemployment.

参议会成立了一个委员会调查当地的失业情况。

We must enquire further into the matter.

我们须进一步调查此事。

For sale: small motor scooter. Enquire within.

待售:小型摩托车,请进内询问。

I must enquire further into this matter.

我要进一步调查此事。

词形变化:

异体字: emplane | 动词过去式: enplaned | 动词过去分词: enplaned | 动词现在分词: enplaning | 动词第三人称单数: enplanes |

详细释义:

vi.

1. 询问; 查询[(+about/for)]

I enquired about trains to New York.

我查问有关去纽约的火车开行情况。

2. 调查[(+into)]

We will enquire into the matter.

我们将调查这事。

3. 问候[(+after)]

She enquired after my mother.

她问候我的母亲。

4. 求见[(+for)]

She is enquiring for the manager.

她要求见经理。

vt.

询问; 问; 打听[+wh-]

They enquired how to get to the station.

他们打听怎样去车站。

We enquired the way to the airport.

我们打听去机场的路。