query
query
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- a question, especially one addressed to an official or organization
（尤指向官员或组织提出的）问题；疑问；询问；质问
if you have any queries please telephone our office.
若有疑问，请给我们办公室打电话。
■used in writing or speaking to question the accuracy of a following statement or to introduce a question
［用于写作或讲话中就后面的陈述提出疑问或引出问题］请问
■(chiefly Printing)a question mark
(主印刷)问号
- [reporting verb]ask a question about something, especially in order to express one's doubts about it or to check its validity or accuracy
提出疑问；询问；质问
[with clause]many people queried whether any harm had been done.
许多人质问是否已造成什么危害。
[with obj.]I rang the water company to query my bill.
我给自来水公司打电话对账单上的水费提出疑问。
[with direct speech]‘Why not?’ he queried.
“为何不可？”他问道。
■[with obj.](chiefly US)put a question or questions to (someone)
(主美)向…提出疑问；询问
when these officers were queried, they felt unhappy.
这些军官受到询问时感到很不高兴。
- mid 17th cent.: Anglicized form of the Latin imperative quaere!, used in the 16th cent. in English as a verb in the sense 'inquire' and as a noun meaning 'query', from Latin quaerere 'ask, seek'
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