inquiry (also enquiry)

n 1 (a) [C] ~ (about/concerning sb/sth) (fml 文) request for help or information (about sb/sth) 请求帮助; 询问: In answer to your recent inquiry, the book you mention is not in stock. 您近日询问的书暂时无货, 谨此奉覆. * I've been making (some) inquiries (ie trying to find out) about it. 我一直在（多方）打听这件事. * [attrib 作定语] an inquiry desk/office 问讯台[处]. (b) inquiries [pl] place from which one can get information 问讯处: `How do I apply for this licence?' `You want inquiries.' ｀怎样申请许可证?＇｀你得到问讯处打听.＇ * directory inquiries, ie giving information about telephone numbers 电话号码查询台. 2 [U] (fml 文) asking; inquiring 问询; 调查; 查询: learn sth by inquiry 经查询得知某事 * The police are following several lines of inquiry. 警方正沿几条线索进行调查. * On inquiry (ie Having asked) I found it was true. 我经打听方知事情属实. 3 [C] ~ (into sth) investigation 调查; 查究: hold an official inquiry 进行正式调查 * call for a public inquiry into safety standards 要求公开调查安全情况.

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