中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.询问，质问；追究。
2.调查，审查。
短语和例子
inquiry agency (工商)调查所，征信所。 inquiry office 问讯处，问事处。 hold an official inquiry 进行正式调查。 make a searching inquiry 追究，探究。 make inquiries 质问，询问，调查，探访 (about; into)。 on [upon] inquiry 调查之后(的结果)。 make inquiries of sb. about sth. 向某人询问某事。 hold an inquiry into a case 对一桩案子进行调查。

a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
同义词：enquiry,

a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
同义词：enquiry, research,

an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
同义词：question, enquiry, query, interrogation,

An inquiry is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.

例句与用法

Nasa officials opened a broad inquiry .
宇航局官员开始进行广泛调查。

The police made house-to-house inquiries .
警方进行了逐户调查。

Letitia replied to the off-hand inquiry .
利蒂霞这么回答了这个唐突的问题。

The inquiry elicited these facts .
调查结果发现下列这些事实。

Metaphysical inquiry came out of physical fact .
哲学上的玄想出自实际情况。

He is quite within his rights to demand an inquiry .
他完全有权要求进行调查。

My only object was to keep off his inquiries .
我的唯一目的是不让他问长问短。

The police are following several lines of inquiry .
警方正沿几条线索进行调查。

An inquiry is now in progress .
调查工作此刻正在进行中。

I had an answer to my inquiries an hour ago .
我查询的问题在一小时以前得到了答复。