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inquire about sth
She inquired about the job opening.
她询问了那个职位空缺的情况。
询问, 问明, 查究
inquiring — present participle of inquire
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询问, 问明, 查究
to ask for information; to seek to know something; to conduct an investigation
She inquired about the job opening.
她询问了那个职位空缺的情况。
进行调查或探究
To make an inquiry or an investigation.
inquire
Base
原形
inquires
3rd person
第三人称单数
inquiring
-ing
现在分词
inquired
Past
过去式
inquired
Past participle
过去分词
She inquires about the schedule every morning.
她每天早上询问日程安排。
He inquired about the job opening yesterday.
他昨天询问了职位空缺的情况。
They are inquiring about the flight status right now.
他们此刻正在询问航班状态。
常规动词，表示询问
I called the company to inquire about the job opening.
我打电话给这家公司询问职位空缺。
She inquired whether the flight had been delayed.
她询问航班是否延误了。
The police are inquiring into the cause of the accident.
警方正在调查事故的原因。
She inquired about the job opening.
她询问了那个职位空缺的情况。
表示深入调查或查究。
The committee will inquire into the matter.
委员会将调查此事。
He inquired whether the train had left.
他询问火车是否已经开走了。
较为正式的用法。
I inquired of the officer about the procedure.
我向那位官员询问了程序。
Not this
I inquired the price of the ticket.
Use this
I inquired about the price of the ticket.
inquire用作不及物动词，询问某事需要加介词about，不能直接跟宾语。
Not this
She inquired that he had arrived.
Use this
She inquired whether he had arrived.
inquire后不可接that从句，应使用whether或if引导的宾语从句。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
询问关于
She called to inquire about the price of the tickets.
她打电话询问票价。
调查
The committee will inquire into the cause of the accident.
委员会将调查事故原因。
问候
He inquired after your health when I met him yesterday.
他昨天见到我时问候了你的健康。
向…询问
I inquired of the manager about the refund policy.
我向经理询问退款政策。
询问；打听
I'm writing to inquire about the job position advertised in the newspaper.
我写信是想询问报纸上招聘的职位。
调查；查究
The committee will inquire into the causes of the accident.
委员会将对事故原因进行调查。
问候；探问（健康状况）
She called to inquire after my mother's health.
她打电话来问候我母亲的健康。
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把 inquire 拆成 in（进入）+ quire（问），进入询问状态。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal correspondence、official investigation、academic inquiry inquire 通常用于正式场合，如官方调查、正式信函或学术研究中，比 ask 更正式。在日常口语中较少使用。
All listed words share the rhyming sound /aɪər/ with inquire. Note that 'acquire' and 'require' share the spelling chunk 'quire' with inquire.
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