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- inquiry [ɪn'kwaɪərɪ]
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n
a request for information; a question
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2.
n
an investigation, esp a formal one conducted into a matter of public concern by a body constituted for that purpose by a government, local authority, or other organization
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1.
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a request for information; a question
Examples
- a full-dress inquiry
- 详细的询问 → full-dress
- She demanded an inquiry into the cause of the fire.
- 她要求对起火原因进行调查。 → into
- public inquiry
- 公开调查 → inquiry
- to hold an inquiry into sth
- 对某事进行调查 → inquiry
- a court of inquiry
- 调查庭 → inquiry
- a commission of inquiry → commission
- a police inquiry → the police
- inquiry → -y
- 答复他的询问
- reply to his inquiry → 答复
- 对于上司的垂问, 他都认真对待。
- He treats every inquiry from his superior seriously. → 垂问
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