| 单词 | inquiry |
| 释义 | inquiry (ɪnkwaɪəri ) Word forms: inquiries language note: The spelling enquiry is also used. Inquiry is sometimes pronounced (ɪŋkwɪri ) in American English. 1. countable noun B1+ An inquiry is a question which you ask in order to get some information. He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone to the Continent. After a brief inquiry about the Christmas holiday, he returned to the subject of music. Synonyms: question, query, investigation 2. countable noun An inquiry is an official investigation. This is the most difficult and shocking murder inquiry I have had to open in the last 25 years. The Democratic Party has called for an independent inquiry into the incident. [+ into] 3. uncountable noun Inquiry is the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it. The investigation has suddenly switched to a new line of inquiry. Synonyms: research, investigation, analysis, examination 4. help the police with their inquiries phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone is helping the police with their inquiries, you mean that the police are questioning them about a crime, but have not yet charged them with it. [British] Two men were helping police with their inquiries at Salisbury last night. 5. See also court of inquiry Collocations: carry out an inquiry Police are carrying out further inquiries into the couple's deaths. Times, Sunday Times (2011) We are carrying out inquiries to establish the circumstances of the incident. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Detectives carried out door-to-door inquiries and sealed off the driveway of the house yesterday afternoon. Times,Sunday Times (2020) He chaired an inquiry that concluded that the system of music teaching was becoming outdated. Times, Sunday Times (2019) At least that rules me out of chairing any public inquiry. Times, Sunday Times (2014) How did it come about that he was chosen to chair the inquiry, I ask. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The veiled threat of a competition inquiry hit a raw nerve across the banking industry. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Any merger could face a competition inquiry. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A merger would cut the number of network big players to three, which could lead to a competition inquiry. The Sun (2015) Opposition politicians called it an extraordinary security lapse and demanded an inquiry. The Sun He's spearheaded a 30,000-name petition demanding an inquiry into petrol price fixing. The Sun The chancellor demanded an inquiry into the gaffe. Times, Sunday Times Within hours, 1.6 million people had signed an online petition demanding an inquiry. Times, Sunday Times We demanded an inquiry - but they refused. The Sun Sources said that the claim was taken extremely seriously and prompted extensive inquiries by police and intelligence agencies before it was discounted. Times, Sunday Times Senior officers have, however, warned that their extensive inquiries could 'draw a blank'. Times, Sunday Times My extensive inquiries have so far come up with nothing. Times, Sunday Times Staff at the hospital were unable to find the source of the bug, despite carrying out extensive inquiries. Times, Sunday Times Despite extensive inquiries and media appeals, it has not been possible to identify him. Times, Sunday Times The media watchdog said it may launch a formal inquiry. The Sun (2014) There is no suggestion that a formal inquiry is imminent. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Police confirmed they are ready to launch a formal inquiry into the allegations. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Police are carrying out further inquiries into the couple's deaths. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He has been bailed until May for further inquiries. The Sun (2013) The officers arrested have all been released on police bail pending further inquiries. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Initial inquiries showed that he was well liked, successful and solvent. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The Health and Safety Executive said that it was making initial inquiries. Times, Sunday Times (2012) We do initial inquiries and then pass them to insurers if there is a claim. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Now, however, universities are more likely to be places of vested activism than impartial intellectual inquiry. Times,Sunday Times The collection was powerful proof of the city's tradition of intellectual inquiry, and thus a standing rebuke to the narrow bigotry of the insurgents. Times, Sunday Times Universities need to re-evaluate their academic standards and make clear distinctions between free intellectual inquiry and activism vested in identity politics. Times,Sunday Times As such it embodies the central values of dialogue and discussion which underlie today's ideals of intellectual inquiry and political freedom. Times, Sunday Times The early progress in mathematics and science are testament to a respect for intellectual inquiry that demands an open culture and the free exchange of views. Times, Sunday Times The internal inquiry the party has embarked upon should, of course, look at the complaints and at the handling of personnel matters. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He said that an internal inquiry would be held. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The police insist that they had a case but are holding an internal inquiry anyway. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It appointed its chief press officer to lead an inquiry. Times, Sunday Times A magistrate named to lead the inquiry stepped down yesterday after it emerged she had sought to sue when the blogger questioned her ethics. Times, Sunday Times The watchdog's four-year inquiry led to 112 construction companies being accused of illegal activities. Times, Sunday Times Their painstaking inquiries led, eventually, to a succesful prosecution. The Sun The inquiry led to three convictions for forging passports. Times, Sunday Times It was a legitimate inquiry. Times, Sunday Times We depend on information coming to light, either by someone sneaking to the press, or a legitimate inquiry into the behaviour of public figures in receipt of taxpayers' money. Times, Sunday Times Chief constables have shut down normal channels and begun reacting with hostility to legitimate inquiries. The Sun Governments shouldn't be able to sidestep or rise above legitimate inquiries. Times, Sunday Times Senior officers are watching closely, worried about the development of a legal manoeuvre that they see as muddying the waters in legitimate inquiries. Times, Sunday Times My bedside manner, my gentle line of inquiry. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I'm not a genealogist and I didn't have enough time in Paris to get very far with that line of inquiry. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE An initial line of inquiry was that he was killed by a jealous lover. The Sun (2015) With his father having suffered from a liver complaint, that was an early line of inquiry, but to no avail. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Police said suicide was one line of inquiry. The Sun (2013) That is why the scramble to calm anger by launching an official inquiry has become such a tangled affair. Times, Sunday Times (2014) `No official inquiry, but unofficially... I see where we come in. DOUBLE DECEIT The regulation has also been blamed by an official inquiry for contributing to unnecessary hospital deaths. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Never the one to pass up an opportunity for intrigue, he planted the need for an official inquiry into MI5's vetting procedures. A SONG AT TWILIGHT The arrest brings to 57 the number of people arrested in the ongoing inquiry. Times, Sunday Times The arrests by customs officers were made as part of an ongoing inquiry. Times, Sunday Times Only through ongoing inquiry can the graphic impulse become 'potent and subversive'. The Times Literary Supplement This decision was made purely on cricketing grounds and was not influenced in any way by the ongoing inquiry. Times, Sunday Times Cablevision said that it voluntarily reviewed past options grants and stock appreciation rights because of ongoing inquiries at other companies. Times, Sunday Times He ordered an inquiry into whether officials did enough to save lives. Times, Sunday Times (2012) She has ordered two internal inquiries into the affair. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The prime minister was blind-sided and ordered an inquiry into the " malicious " leak. Times,Sunday Times (2019) He describes his book as a philosophical inquiry, but much of its charm results from its personal character. The Times Literary Supplement Though such a vision may at first sound idealistic or mystical, it may well turn out to be consistent with the results of philosophical inquiry. Times, Sunday Times Questions about the nature of philosophy are then not some meta-theoretic parallel commentary on the subject, but belong to the very nature of philosophical inquiry. The Times Literary Supplement By studying different kinds of knowledge, sixth formers acquire the tools for a broad range of philosophical inquiry and learn the meaning of epistemology into the bargain. Times, Sunday Times With its high-octane mixture of adventure, romance, philosophical inquiry and speculation, science fiction was always a staple part of adolescent reading. Times, Sunday Times The police inquiry is continuing. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The charges followed a nine-month police inquiry. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He now faces a possible police inquiry for not providing full details of his past. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The preliminary inquiry will try to determine whether there are grounds to prosecute any of those at the party, who would then be placed under full investigation. Times, Sunday Times Prosecutors began a preliminary inquiry into the salary. Times, Sunday Times A preliminary inquiry found that police officers tried to cover up mistakes by altering the files of the case. Times, Sunday Times A preliminary inquiry has begun. Times, Sunday Times He was subsequently released from police custody and the preliminary inquiry regarding attempted hijacking was dropped. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Systematic, rational inquiry, not complacent belief, was the route to truth. Times, Sunday Times The most important position that united the early deists was their call for free rational inquiry into all subjects, especially religion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The faculties requisite for rational inquiry are simply weakened by televised viewing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For them, it stands for freedom of thought, rational inquiry, critical thinking, religious tolerance, political liberty, scientific achievement, the pursuit of happiness, and hope for the future. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I wonder if the same rigorous inquiry will be applied to the traffic warden. Times, Sunday Times There ought to be a rigorous inquiry into the conduct of the local force; could there be any excuse for its behaviour? Times, Sunday Times In an attempt to restore their reputation, police have gone into investigative overdrive after previously conducting insufficiently rigorous inquiries. Times, Sunday Times Only scientific inquiry gives us reliable knowledge. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Human beings certainly are part of nature, and as such objects of scientific inquiry. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) Until recently, people thought the inner subjective quality of life was beyond the scope of scientific inquiry. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The usual independent inquiry has been set up. Times, Sunday Times (2008) They then mounted a vigorous campaign, after which a public inquiry was set up. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He has set up a new inquiry into its use and the damage that it causes. Times, Sunday Times (2010) And the board was at least partially exonerated at the subsequent inquiry. Times, Sunday Times The subsequent inquiry and its outcome are almost as shocking. Times, Sunday Times The close links between some doctors and pharmaceutical firms was cited in the subsequent inquiry. Times, Sunday Times Patients were routinely left unwashed, in pain and without food as managers and staff put targets and cost-savings over care, a subsequent inquiry was told. Times, Sunday Times The subsequent inquiry raised difficult questions about the handling of the riot by staff. Times, Sunday Times The figures also provoked calls for an urgent inquiry into the apparent decline of road safety. Times, Sunday Times (2012) One was still in a critical condition last night as an urgent inquiry was launched. The Sun (2010) What is really needed now is an urgent independent inquiry with a public report. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Cops have quizzed 136 people in the year-long inquiry. The Sun (2007) On Wednesday the Office of Fair Trading published the results of its year-long inquiry into current accounts. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Many fear the senior judge's year-long £4 million inquiry will call for government regulation. The Sun (2012) Translations: Chinese: 质询 Japanese: 問い合わせ |
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