v.詢問；調(diào)查
She wrote to enquire the cause of the delay. 她只得寫信去詢問拖延的理由。
I called the station to enquire about train times. 我打電話到車站詢問火車時(shí)刻。
I'm writing to enquire about language courses. 特此致函詢問有關(guān)語言課程事宜。
I must enquire further into this matter. 我要進(jìn)一步調(diào)查此事。
enquire的基本意思是“打聽,詢問”,用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),常與about〔after, for〕等介詞搭配構(gòu)成習(xí)語; 用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),其賓語除了名詞、代詞之外,還可以是疑問詞引導(dǎo)的不定式或從句。
