1. | [c] 调查；查究；查问an official process to find out the cause of sth or to find out information about sth |
a murder enquiry 谋杀案调查 | |
a public enquiry into the environmental effects of the proposed new road 拟建新路对环境影响的公开调查 | |
to hold/order an enquiry into the affair 对此事进行调查；责令调查此事 |
2. | [c] 询问；打听a request for information about sb/sth; a question about sb/sth |
a telephone enquiry 电话查询 | |
We received over 300 enquiries about the job. 我们收到 300 多个关于这项工作的查询。 | |
enquiries from prospective students 有意来求学的学生的咨询 | |
I'll have to make a few enquiries(= try to find out about it) and get back to you. 我得打听打听再给你答复。 | |
Two men have been helping police with their enquiries(= are being questioned about a crime, but have not been charged with it) . 两名男子一直在配合警方的问询调查。 |
3. | [u] 查询；探究；探索the act of asking questions or collecting information about sb/sth |
scientific enquiry 科学探索 | |
The police are following several lines of enquiry . 警方正沿着几条线索进行调查。 | |
a committee of enquiry 调查委员会 |
4. | [pl] 问讯处a place where you can get information |
Ask at enquiries to see if your bag has been handed in. 到问讯处看看是否有人交来了你的包。 |
