inquirer
/ɪnˈkwaɪərə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈkwaɪərər/ (ame, ipa) · /ə̇nˈkwīrə(r)/ (ame, mw)
inquirer — 名詞
- inquirersingular
- inquirersplural
1. a person who asks someone else for information or answers — for example, a custo
詢問者
向他人提問或索取資訊的人
a person who asks someone else for information or answers — for example, a customer calling a store to ask about a product, or a journalist contacting an office for details.
Samir, a frequent inquirer at the reference desk, asked about the museum's opening hours.
Samir 是服務台的常客詢問者，他打聽博物館的開放時間。
frequent + inquirer — adjective describing habitual asker
The support team replied to each inquirer within two hours of receiving their question.
支援團隊在收到問題後的兩小時內回覆每位詢問者。
each + inquirer — determiner for every person who asks
Mei-Lin was the first inquirer to sign up for the weekend photography workshop.
Mei-Lin 是第一位報名週末攝影工作坊的詢問者。
Oluwaseun smiled at the inquirer and pointed toward the train schedule board.
Oluwaseun 對著詢問者微笑，並指向火車時刻表。
Each inquirer who visits the help desk receives a printed guide with useful tips.
每位到服務台洽詢的詢問者，都會拿到一本實用的指南手冊。
- questioner
neutral register, common in classrooms and interviews
- querist
very formal, mainly legal or academic
- asker
informal, rare in written English
用法筆記
More formal than 'asker' or 'questioner'. Common in customer service, journalism, and official contexts. The variant spelling 'enquirer' is the British form.