| 单词 | investigation |
| 释义 | investigation —investigational, adj. /in ves'ti gay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated. 2. a searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination. [1400-50; late ME investigacio(u)n < L investigation- (s. of investigatio). See INVESTIGATE, -ION] Syn. 1, 2. scrutiny, exploration. INVESTIGATION, EXAMINATION, INQUIRY, RESEARCH express the idea of an active effort to find out something. An INVESTIGATION is a systematic, minute, and thorough attempt to learn the facts about something complex or hidden; it is often formal and official: an investigation of a bank failure. An EXAMINATION is an orderly attempt to obtain information about or to make a test of something, often something presented for observation: a physical examination. An INQUIRY is an investigation made by asking questions rather than by inspection, or by study of available evidence: an inquiry into a proposed bond issue. RESEARCH is careful and sustained investigation. |
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