Inquire

(v. i.) To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

(v. i.) To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination.

(v. t.) To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.

(v. t.) To call or name.

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• No, I never inquire. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The garden gate was open to the lane, and I went in at once to inquire my way. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• My leg, which you inquire after, is now quite well. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Mr. Moore, a lady called to inquire after you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The carrier looked at me, as if to inquire if she were coming back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• This is not for you to inquire into. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• You sent me a message respecting the person whose writing I happened to inquire about. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I asked first if Sir Percival was at the Park, and receiving a reply in the negative, inquired next when he had left it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Mrs. Porter inquired, growing impatient. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I naturally inquired why he was not there too, instead of pacing the streets by himself? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I immediately inquired of her why she left her home with such a dreadful cough. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I inquired after Sophia, who had not been permitted to visit me because the scarlet fever was considered infectious. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Has anything more been heard, Veneering,' he inquired, 'of the lucky legatee? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I inquired, in a low voice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I could not forbear inquiring. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• On his inquiring if he might have a conversation with her she replied, Yes, walk beside me, and continued to move on. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It might have been her own fate she was inquiring after. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• As to his real character, had information been in her power, she had never felt a wish of inquiring. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Inquiring at the hotel, I received the necessary directions for finding the Sergeant's cottage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Glancing towards Mr and Mrs Boffin, she very slightly raised her eyebrows, as though inquiring of her husband: 'Do I notice anything wrong here? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Inquiring after him at night, Mr Flintwinch found, with surprise, that he had paid his bill and gone back to the Continent by way of Calais. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Grandfather Smallweed inquires, slowly rubbing his legs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mrs Podsnap inquires whether the young person is a young person of personal charms? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn had listened gravely to this complaint and inquires when the stationer has finished, And that's all, is it, Snagsby? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mrs. Snagsby repeatedly inquires of herself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mr Podsnap inquires what would become of the very large fortune, in the event of the marriage condition not being fulfilled? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Scientific thought is in this sense Pythagorean, that it inquires in reference to quantity and proporti on. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Grandfather Smallweed inquires of Judy, Bart's twin sister. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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