英语词汇“to inquire after”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. intransitive. To seek information by questioning; to put a question or questions; to ask. (In biblical use often = to consult an oracle, etc.) Const. of, also (now Scottish) at (the source of information); about, after, †of (the subject of inquiry). to inquire after (a person), to make inquiries about his welfare, etc., to ask how he is.

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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > make inquiries [verb (intransitive)]

speerc888

fraynec900

askOE

inquirec1375

demand1382

fraista1400

enspeerc1440

hearken1523

question1584

interrogate1622

query1644

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > about someone's welfare

inquirec1375

c1375 Cato Major ii. vi, in Anglia (1884) VII Enquere not of priuites Of God, ne eke of heuene.

c1460 Play Sacram. 628 Fast to hym I wold inquere.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. ii. 8 Goe and inquire diligently of the childe.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxiv. 57 Wee will call the Damsell, and enquire at her mouth.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxiii. 2 Dauid enquired of the Lord.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. xiii. 3 Let us bring againe the Arke of our God to us: for wee enquired not at it in the dayes of Saul.

1613 T. Lorkin Let. 8 July in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 255 Sir Thomas Somerset inquires very kindly after you.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 164 I promist to enquire carefully About a schoolemaster.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 42 You haue oft enquired After the Shepheard that complain'd of loue.

a1745 J. Swift in Wks. (1941) IX. 5 To those who inquired about me, my lover would answer that [etc.].

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. vi. 234 We may expect to meet with Some-body to enquire of.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 45. ⁋8 When parents make articles for their children without enquiring after their consent.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxvii. 65 Dare not to enquire Of Him whose name is Jealous.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xv. 253 For this man, the greater offender, they inquire now.

单词	to inquire after
释义	> as lemmas to inquire after a. intransitive. To seek information by questioning; to put a question or questions; to ask. (In biblical use often = to consult an oracle, etc.) Const. of, also (now Scottish) at (the source of information); about, after, †of (the subject of inquiry). to inquire after (a person), to make inquiries about his welfare, etc., to ask how he is. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > make inquiries [verb (intransitive)] speerc888 fraynec900 askOE inquirec1375 demand1382 fraista1400 enspeerc1440 hearken1523 question1584 interrogate1622 query1644 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > about someone's welfare inquirec1375 c1375 Cato Major ii. vi, in Anglia (1884) VII Enquere not of priuites Of God, ne eke of heuene. c1460 Play Sacram. 628 Fast to hym I wold inquere. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. ii. 8 Goe and inquire diligently of the childe. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxiv. 57 Wee will call the Damsell, and enquire at her mouth. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxiii. 2 Dauid enquired of the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. xiii. 3 Let us bring againe the Arke of our God to us: for wee enquired not at it in the dayes of Saul. View more context for this quotation 1613 T. Lorkin Let. 8 July in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 255 Sir Thomas Somerset inquires very kindly after you. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 164 I promist to enquire carefully About a schoolemaster. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 42 You haue oft enquired After the Shepheard that complain'd of loue. View more context for this quotation a1745 J. Swift in Wks. (1941) IX. 5 To those who inquired about me, my lover would answer that [etc.]. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. vi. 234 We may expect to meet with Some-body to enquire of. View more context for this quotation 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 45. ⁋8 When parents make articles for their children without enquiring after their consent. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxvii. 65 Dare not to enquire Of Him whose name is Jealous. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xv. 253 For this man, the greater offender, they inquire now. extracted from inquireenquirev. < as lemmas
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