enquire: [13] The -quire element in enquire (or inquire, as it is alternatively spelled) is etymologically related to English query and question. The word comes via Old French enquerre from *inquāerere, the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin inquīrere. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix in- and quaerere ‘seek, ask’. The modern English spelling with i in the second syllable comes from a 15th-century reintroduction of the vowel of Latin inquīrere. Inquest [13] comes from the Latin verb’s past participle. => inquest, query, question
enquire (v.)
alternative form of inquire, according to OED mainly used in sense of "to ask a question." Related: enquired; enquiring.
雙語例句
1. I called the station to enquire about train times.
我打電話到車站詢問火車時(shí)刻。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. They neglected to enquire whether these Methods: Were possible or practicable.
他們不去問問這些方法是否辦得到,是否行得通.
來自辭典例句
3. We must enquire ( as to ) whether he really came.
我們得打聽一下,他是不是真的來過.
來自辭典例句
4. If you dare to enquire into Nature, try to discover her laws.