enquire

英 [ɪnˈkwaɪə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈkwaɪər]

v.  询问; 打听

过去式：enquired　现在分词：enquiring　过去分词：enquired　第三人称单数：enquires　

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BNC.4340 / COCA.29201

短语用例

enquire after sb

• 向某人问好（或问候）
  to ask for information about sb, especially about their health or about what they are doing
  1. I called the station to enquire about train times.
     我打电话到车站询问火车时刻。
  2. She enquired as to your whereabouts.
     她打听你的下落。
  3. Might I enquire why you have not mentioned this until now?
     请问你为什么直到现在才提及此事呢？
  4. He enquired her name.
     他打听她的姓名。

enquire into sth

• 调查；查究；查问
  to find out more information about sth

enquire sth of sb

• 向某人打听（或询问、了解）
  to ask sb sth

牛津词典

verb

• 询问；打听
  to ask sb for some information
  1. I called the station to enquire about train times.
     我打电话到车站询问火车时刻。
  2. She enquired as to your whereabouts.
     她打听你的下落。
  3. Might I enquire why you have not mentioned this until now?
     请问你为什么直到现在才提及此事呢？
  4. He enquired her name.
     他打听她的姓名。

柯林斯词典

• → see:inquire

英英释义

verb

• have a wish or desire to know something
  1. He wondered who had built this beautiful church
  Synonym:wonderinquire
• inquire about
  1. I asked about their special today
  2. He had to ask directions several times
  Synonym:askinquire
• conduct an inquiry or investigation of
  1. The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
  2. inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
  Synonym:investigateinquire

双语例句

• If you have any enquire about our product, please contact with our marketing.
  有关咨询购买产品的问题，请与我们的销售部门联系。
• And we should, with Marx, enquire into the mutual effects of political and ecological or economic events.
  我们将跟随马克思，进一步探寻政治和生态或经济之间的相互影响。
• If you dare to enquire into Nature, try to discover her laws.
  你们要是敢于对大自然刨根问底，就去设法揭示它的规律吧。
• This is how I found you I would like to enquire about your Potassium Carbonate if possible.
  可能的话，我想咨询贵公司的碳酸钾的有关情况。
• We must enquire whether he really came.
  我们得打听一下，他是不是真的来过。
• Students should master the ways to enquire for, explain and refuse payment terms;
  让学生掌握如何提出、说明和拒绝付款方式；
• If there is any further information you enquire, welcome to contact us.
  如有其他疑问，欢迎您与我们进一步联系。
• I'll go and enquire about the trains.
  我会去咨询关于火车的情况。
• "I didn't enquire." answered the doctor with some asperity.
  “我没有问。”医生回答得相当尖刻。
• Did you enquire about the times of the trains to new york?
  你打听过开往纽约的列车班次的时间吗？