enquire

v.询问；调查

She wrote to enquire the cause of the delay. 她只得写信去询问拖延的理由。

I called the station to enquire about train times. 我打电话到车站询问火车时刻。

I'm writing to enquire about language courses. 特此致函询问有关语言课程事宜。

I must enquire further into this matter. 我要进一步调查此事。

enquire的基本意思是“打听,询问”,用作不及物动词时,常与about〔after, for〕等介词搭配构成习语; 用作及物动词时,其宾语除了名词、代词之外,还可以是疑问词引导的不定式或从句。

n.寻问者；追究者

=inquirer.