inquisition

FREQ #14825

n. 调查, 探究, 审理, 宗教裁判所 [医] 调查, 审查

发音

US /ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/

词形变化

inquisitions 复数 inquisitions inquisitioned inquisitioning inquisitions 三单 inquisitioning 现在分词 inquisitioned 过去式 inquisitioned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.

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  2. 2.

    A questioning.

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  3. 3.

    An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.

    Such an investigation that is asserted to be persecutory by its adversaries.

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  4. 4.

    An inquest.

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  5. 5.

    The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 6

court interrogation examination tribunal interrogatory judicature

相关短语

inquisition post mortem Spanish Inquisition 西班牙宗教法庭 literary inquisition 文字狱

词源

From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere. The sense implying persecution is influenced by the name of the Spanish Inquisition, which is a cardinal exemplar of government inquisitions that give inquisitions a bad name.

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