核心畫面

Picture the moment just before a question comes out: someone has noticed something, wants to know, and is already leaning towards asking. Inquiring holds that moment. Sometimes it stays a habit of mind that lasts for years; sometimes it lasts one second and shows only on a face.

可以想成問題出口前的那一秒:一個人注意到了什麼,想知道,身體已經微微往前傾。inquiring 留住的就是這一秒。有更多收起可以想成問題出口前的那一秒:一個人注意到了什麼,想知道,身體已經微微往前傾。inquiring 留住的就是這一秒。有時候這一秒延長成一輩子的習慣,變成「什麼都想弄懂的人」。有時候它只停留一瞬間,而且只出現在臉上——眉毛一揚,話還沒說,問題已經問出去了。

Two branches

想弄懂的那個人

那一秒延長成習慣:不只這次想知道,而是一直都想知道。

adjective · B2

Wanting to find out about things, and ready to ask questions in order to do it.

好奇好問的

臉上的那個問號

那一秒沒有延長,也沒有說出口:問題停在表情上,對方照樣看懂了。

adjective · B2

An inquiring look, glance or expression is one that shows you want to ask something, or that you are waiting for an answer, without saying any words.

(眼神、表情)帶著疑問的

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。

inquiringnoun/ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/

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    inquiry

    • What need you trouble with vain inquirings / The surly gods or your own ignorant spirit?
    • […] these are the results of Herodotus' factual inquirings, the accurate information, the right account, which he acquired about some matters of importance to himself and to his audience and about which conflicting accounts have been given.

inquiringadj/ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/

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    inquisitive

    • When pressed for an explanation, he was inclined to use the word "Symbolic" in a manner extremely confusing to the inquiring lay mind.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。