ask for information from someone
打听,询问
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[with direct speech]
‘How well do you know Berlin?’ he enquired of Hencke .“你熟悉柏林吗?”他问亨克。
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[with clause]
I enquired where he lived 我问了他的住址
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[no obj.]
he enquired about cottages for sale .他询问了待售小楼的情况。
[no obj.](
向…问好,问候
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Angus enquired after her parents .安格斯向她父母问好。
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求见(某人);要求与… 谈话
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that was Mr Paul enquiring for you—I told him he couldn't come in .是保罗先生要见你—— 我没让他进来。
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调查;查究
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the task of political sociology is to enquire into the causes of political events .政治社会学的任务就是对政治事件的原因进行调查。
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