enquire

verb

1. 询问；打听
   to ask sb for some information
   1. I called the station to enquire about train times.
      我打电话到车站询问火车时刻。
   2. She enquired as to your whereabouts.
      她打听你的下落。
   3. Might I enquire why you have not mentioned this until now?
      请问你为什么直到现在才提及此事呢？
   4. He enquired her name.
      他打听她的姓名。

1. → see: inquire

1. You can enquire of your new neighbors where the post office is.
   你可以问问你的新邻居邮局在哪儿。
2. "I didn't enquire." answered the doctor with some asperity.
   “我没有问。”医生回答得相当尖刻。
3. We must enquire into the matter.
   我们必须调查此事。
4. I recently e-mailed one website to enquire why my goods had not yet arrived.
   我最近给一个网站发邮件去询问为什么我订购的商品还没有到达。
5. To enquire after Marianne was at first his excuse;
   起先，他以问候玛丽安为借口。
6. I might enquire why you told me you liked me against your better judgement?
   我也要请问你为什麽说喜欢我不是好的判断？
7. We must enquire whether he really came.
   我们得打听一下，他是不是真的来过。
8. I'm calling to enquire about the position advertised in yesterday's China Daily.
   我打电话来咨询下昨天中国日报上刊登职位的信息。
9. This is how I found you I would like to enquire about your Potassium Carbonate if possible.
   可能的话，我想咨询贵公司的碳酸钾的有关情况。
10. Did you enquire about the times of the trains to new york?
    你打听过开往纽约的列车班次的时间吗？
11. And we should, with Marx, enquire into the mutual effects of political and ecological or economic events.
    我们将跟随马克思，进一步探寻政治和生态或经济之间的相互影响。
12. Enquire as to what's expected of you during this period.
    这个时期，应该搞清楚人家对你的期望值。
13. I'd like to enquire about flights.
    我想询问下航班情况。
14. If you have any enquire about our product, please contact with our marketing.
    有关咨询购买产品的问题，请与我们的销售部门联系。
15. They will also enquire about the kind of property you are wanting and the amount you want to borrow.
    他们还将询问这类物业的，你想要和金额你想借用。
16. Can change, this wants yourself to enquire directly to place signing up.
    能不能改，这要你自己到报名地点去直接询问。
17. Students should master the ways to enquire for, explain and refuse payment terms;
    让学生掌握如何提出、说明和拒绝付款方式；
18. Might I enquire why you have not mentioned this until now?
    请问你为什么直到现在才提及此事呢？
19. He referred only parenthetically to his illness so I didn't enquire further.
    他只是附带提到他的病，所以我就没有进一步询问。
20. She rang up to enquire when her car would be ready.
    她打电话询问她的车什么时候能准备好。
21. If there is any further information you enquire, welcome to contact us.
    如有其他疑问，欢迎您与我们进一步联系。
22. I'm phoning to enquire about your advertisement for a junior secretary.
    我打电话是想询问一下有关你们登广告招聘一位初级秘书的事。
23. If you dare to enquire into Nature, try to discover her laws.
    你们要是敢于对大自然刨根问底，就去设法揭示它的规律吧。
24. So we have to enquire into the nature and the structure of desire.
    那么我们需要探究欲望的本质和结构。
25. B ︰ I would like to enquire about the housing loan.
    我要询问关于房屋贷款。
26. Would you enquire as to who has been the biggest influence on his career?
    你会不会问贝尼斯特，在其职业生涯期间谁对他的影响最大？
27. Might I enquire as to how you came by these?
    你能告诉我是怎么得到这东西的吗？
28. I'll go and enquire about the trains.
    我会去咨询关于火车的情况。
29. It is not our business to enquire why he did it.
    我们没有权利调查他为什么这样做。

enquire after sb

1. 向某人问好（或问候）
   to ask for information about sb, especially about their health or about what they are doing
   1. I called the station to enquire about train times.
      我打电话到车站询问火车时刻。
   2. She enquired as to your whereabouts.
      她打听你的下落。
   3. Might I enquire why you have not mentioned this until now?
      请问你为什么直到现在才提及此事呢？
   4. He enquired her name.
      他打听她的姓名。

enquire into sth

1. 调查；查究；查问
   to find out more information about sth

enquire sth of sb

1. 向某人打听（或询问、了解）
   to ask sb sth

verb

1. have a wish or desire to know something
   1. He wondered who had built this beautiful church

   Synonym:    wonderinquire

2. inquire about
   1. I asked about their special today
   2. He had to ask directions several times

   Synonym:    askinquire

3. conduct an inquiry or investigation of
   1. The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
   2. inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady

   Synonym:    investigateinquire