enquire

英式英语中的动词，意思是“询问、打听”，通常用于获取信息。

💡 记忆钩子

把 enquire 想成“向外探寻信息”：你向别人询问某件事，就是在把答案找出来；它与 inquire 意思相同，只是英式拼写不同。

📝 学习建议

先把 enquire 和 inquire 作为同一个词来记，再注意两者主要是英式与美式拼写差异，不要把 enquire 误解成“请求”或“问候”。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 询问；打听

📖 为了了解信息而向别人提问或查询某件事；它是英式英语中的 enquire，含义与 inquire 相同。

💡 常用 enquire about + 名词，表示询问某事；询问是否如此时可用 enquire whether/if + 从句。它在英式英语中较常见，语气可正式也可中性。中文学习者不要只说 enquire someone，通常应说 enquire about something 或 enquire of someone。

British English alt-of

She enquired about the price of the room.

她询问了这个房间的价格。

I am writing to enquire whether you still have tickets available.

我写信是想询问你们是否还有票。

enquires present,singular,third-person enquiring participle,present enquired participle,past enquired past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 3 组

have a wish or desire to know something

同义词集: wonder inquire enquire

He wondered who had built this beautiful church

上位: query, question 下位: request

conduct an inquiry or investigation of;

同义词集: investigate inquire enquire

The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities

inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady

上位: examine, probe 下位: spy

address a question to and expect an answer from; ; ;

同义词集: ask inquire enquire

Ask your teacher about trigonometry

The children asked me about their dead grandmother

I inquired about their special today

He had to ask directions several times

上位: communicate, intercommunicate 下位: confer with, consult, interrogate, pry, query, question

🌳 词源

源自古法语，最初含有“寻找、查找”的意思，后来发展为“询问、打听”。

From Old French enquerre, from en- + querre (“to search, to look for”), from Latin quaerere, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).

🔄 变式

enquired past enquires present enquiring present

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