- 1vB2/ɪnˈkwaɪr/ · /ɪnˈkwaɪə/詢問；打聽
正式to ask someone for information, often in a careful or formal way.
示範例句 · Example
I am writing to inquire about the summer camp advertised in the school newsletter.
逐字我正在寫信詢問關於學校通訊裡廣告的夏令營。
「inquire」是正式一點的「問資訊」——不是隨便聊天，而是有禮貌地去找答案。常見骨架：inquire about something、inquire whether / how / when ...、inquire further（再多問一點）。跟 ask 容易搞混：ask 是日常口語的「問」；inquire 比較正式，常出現在信件、櫃台、醫院電話。英式拼法常寫 enquire，意思一樣。核心畫面可以想成「走向資訊、禮貌地問」，不是「要求」也不是「生氣地追問」。
常見搭配
inquire about something
詢問某事的資訊
ask for information on a topic
Please inquire about ticket prices at the front desk.
inquire whether / if / how / when ...
詢問是否／如何／何時……
ask a question using a clause
She inquired whether the library was still open.
inquire further
進一步詢問；再多問
ask more questions
Leo wanted to inquire further about the science club.
inquire at a desk / hotel / office
到櫃檯／旅館／辦公室詢問
go to a place and ask for information
If you get lost, inquire at the information desk.
inquire after somebody
問候某人的近況／健康
ask politely about someone's health or news
Grandma always inquires after your sister when we visit.
inquire into something
調查；深入了解某事
try to find out the facts about a problem carefully
The school will inquire into why the computers stopped working.
core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.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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/
- 1
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.
- 2
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.
- 3
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.
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