• vi. 詢問(wèn)；調(diào)查；問(wèn)候（等于inquire）
• vt. 詢問(wèn)；打聽(tīng)

en-, 進(jìn)入，使。-quir, 詢問(wèn)，詞源同query, question.

enquire

enquire: [13] The -quire element in enquire (or inquire, as it is alternatively spelled) is etymologically related to English query and question. The word comes via Old French enquerre from *inquāerere, the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin inquīrere. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix in- and quaerere ‘seek, ask’. The modern English spelling with i in the second syllable comes from a 15th-century reintroduction of the vowel of Latin inquīrere. Inquest [13] comes from the Latin verb’s past participle.
=> inquest, query, question

enquire (v.)

alternative form of inquire, according to OED mainly used in sense of "to ask a question." Related: enquired; enquiring.

1. I called the station to enquire about train times.

我打電話到車站詢問(wèn)火車時(shí)刻。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. They neglected to enquire whether these Methods: Were possible or practicable.

他們不去問(wèn)問(wèn)這些方法是否辦得到,是否行得通.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. We must enquire ( as to ) whether he really came.

我們得打聽(tīng)一下,他是不是真的來(lái)過(guò).

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. If you dare to enquire into Nature, try to discover her laws.

你們要是敢于對(duì)大自然刨根問(wèn)底, 就去設(shè)法揭示它的規(guī)律吧.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. She wrote to enquire the cause of the delay.

她只得寫信去詢問(wèn)拖延的理由.

來(lái)自辭典例句