| 单词 | inquisition |
| 释义 | inquisition (once / 5534 pages) n An inquisition is a severe, harsh interrogation or questioning. When there's an inquisition, someone is doing everything possible to get to the bottom of something. While inquisitions are never a very positive experience, this word has even worse connotations thanks to the Spanish Inquisition, which hunted down and persecuted anyone who didn't believe in Catholicism. Today we use inquisition to describe any serious investigation, usually an illegal or immoral one. If your mom keeps hounding you with questions about school, your job, your love life — you might yell, "What is this? An inquisition?" WORD FAMILYinquisition: inquisitions USAGE EXAMPLESAttuned to the deception, U.S. immigration officials put Chinese arrivals through a formidable inquisition to ensure they were who they claimed to be. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Attuned to the deception, United States immigration officials put Chinese arrivals through a formidable inquisition to ensure they were who they claimed to be. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Republicans launched a relentless onslaught of committee inquisitions that eventually would start impeachment. Seattle Times(Dec 11, 2016) n a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals) Hyper examination, interrogation, interrogatory formal systematic questioning Inquisition (once / 3360 pages) n WORD FAMILY Inquisition: Inquisitions USAGE EXAMPLESThe theft transformed the manuscript into an object of obsession, a kind of Maltese Falcon, for a coterie of Inquisition scholars and rare-book collectors. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) In the book, the widespread anger at Rabois is compared to the Salem Witch trials, George Orwell’s 1984, and the Spanish Inquisition. The Guardian(Oct 21, 2016) A review of the the musical, which conflates a writer’s imprisonment during the Spanish Inquisition with a loose retelling of “Don Quixote.” Seattle Times(Oct 14, 2016) n a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy Exp|Hyper Spanish Inquisition an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries) Congregation of the Inquisitionan inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants court, judicature, tribunal an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business |
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