enquire

enquire
verb

[reporting verb]ask for information from someone
打听，询问
[with direct speech]‘How well do you know Berlin?’ he enquired of Hencke.
“你对柏林了解多少？”他问亨克。
[with clause]I enquired where he lived.
我打听他住的地方。
[no obj.]he enquired about cottages for sale.
他探问有没有别墅出售。
■[no obj.](enquire after)ask about the health and well-being of (someone)
向…问好，问候
Angus enquired after her parents.
安格斯向她父母问好。
■[no obj.](enquire for)ask to see or speak to (someone)
求见，找（某人）
that was Mr Paul enquiring for you—I told him he couldn't come in.
是保罗先生找你——我对他说不能进来。
■[no obj.](enquire into)investigate; look into
调查；查究
the task of political sociology is to enquire into the causes of political events.
政治社会学的任务就是调查研究政治事件的原因。

派生
enquirer
noun
语源

Middle English enquere, from Old French enquerre, based on Latin inquirere (based on quaerere 'seek')

用法

Usage guides have traditionally drawn a distinction between enquire and inquire, implying that, in British English at least, enquire is used for general senses of ‘ask’, while inquire is reserved for uses meaning ‘make a formal investigation’. In practice, however, enquire (and enquiry) is more common in British English while inquire (and inquiry) is more common in US English, but otherwise there is no readily discernible distinction in the way the two words are used

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