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enquire about sth
She enquired about the train schedule.
她询问了火车时刻表。
询问
enquiring — present participle of enquire
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询问
inquire about; conduct an inquiry; have a wish to know something
She enquired about the train schedule.
她询问了火车时刻表。
enquire
Base
原形
enquires
3rd person
第三人称单数
enquiring
-ing
现在分词
enquired
Past
过去式
enquired
Past participle
过去分词
He enquires about the schedule.
他询问日程安排。
She enquired about the job yesterday.
她昨天询问了工作事宜。
They are enquiring about the price now.
他们正在询问价格。
enquire 是 enquire 的英式拼写，规则动词。
I need to enquire about the price of the tickets.
我需要询问一下票价。
She enquired whether the meeting had been rescheduled.
她询问会议是否已改期。
He was enquiring into the cause of the accident.
他正在调查事故的原因。
She enquired about the train schedule.
她询问了火车时刻表。
wh-从句可用if, whether, why, where等引导。
I enquired whether the meeting was still on.
我询问会议是否仍要举行。
enquire into 侧重正式调查。
The police are enquiring into the cause of the fire.
警方正在调查火灾原因。
Not this
I enquired the price.
Use this
I enquired about the price.
动词enquire后需接介词about再接宾语，不能直接跟名词作宾语。
Not this
I have an enquire for you.
Use this
I have an enquiry for you.
enquire是动词，名词形式是enquiry，需使用名词形式作宾语。
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询问关于
I need to enquire about the price.
我需要询问一下价格。
调查
The committee will enquire into the matter.
委员会将调查此事。
问候
She enquired after your health.
她问候了你的健康。
向…询问
He enquired of the manager the details.
他向经理询问了细节。
入内询问
For more information, enquire within.
欲知详情，入内询问。
问候，询问…的情况
She enquired after my mother's health.
她问候了我母亲的健康状况。
调查，查问
The police are enquiring into the cause of the accident.
警方正在调查事故的原因。
询问，打听
He called to enquire about the job vacancy.
他打电话询问职位空缺的情况。
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enquire 拆成 en（入）+ quire（查），如同深入查询，即“询问”。
中性语域；常用于一般询问。通常用于询问信息，语气中性，既可用于日常也可用于正式场合。
All listed words share the stressed vowel /aɪ/ followed by /ə/ and thus rhyme with 'enquire'. However, note that 'wire' and 'fire' are spelled with '-ire' rather than '-quire'.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.