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An inquest is an official investigation, usually run by a court, into how and why someone died, especially when the death is sudden, , or possibly suspicious. It's a legal and news word — you won't use it in daily conversation, but you'll meet it often in news reports about accidents or deaths. People sometimes use it loosely, and a bit jokingly, for any serious after-the-fact discussion of what went wrong, like "an inquest into the team's terrible season."
(死因)調查、相驗
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inquestnoun/ˈɪŋkwɛst/
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A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
- The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.
- However, the 'accidental death' verdict of the jury in the inquest into the Croydon tram accident of November 2016 is the latest episode in a saga that seems likely to prevent the full story of this eminently preventable disaster from ever being exposed.
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An inquiry, typically into an undesired outcome
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The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry
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obsoleterareenquiry; quest; search
- the laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science
- Hauing of late by diligent inquest, Prouided him a sword of meanest sort
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Prosecutorial proceeding on whether or not a warrantless arrestee is charged with an offense.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。