喜樂美語
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    /ɪnˈkwaɪr/ · /ɪnˈkwaɪə/

    to ask someone for information, often in a careful or formal way.

    詢問；打聽

    過去式 inquired過去分詞 inquired-ing inquiring三單 inquires

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

Picture walking up to a counter and asking, and a little carefully, for a piece of information: when the next train leaves, whether the room is still free. It is 'ask', but with the collar buttoned up — the formal word you meet on signs and in letters.

可以想成走到櫃台前，客氣而謹慎地問一件事：下一班車幾點開、房間還有沒有空。它就是 ask，只是把衣領扣好了——這是招…更多收起可以想成走到櫃台前，客氣而謹慎地問一件事：下一班車幾點開、房間還有沒有空。它就是 ask，只是把衣領扣好了——這是招牌上和書信裡會出現的那個比較正式的字。

原始詞典資料3 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。

inquireverb/ɪnˈkwaɪə/

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    To ask (about something).

    • May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking?
    • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
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    To make an inquiry or an investigation.

    • Police are already inquiring into the incident.
    • It is these people, gentlemen, the disseminators of these rumours, who are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters must be an atheist.
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    obsoleteTo call; to name.

    • Canute had his portion from the rest, The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre, Now Cantium, which Kent we commenly inquire.

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。