inquirer

IPA/ɪnˈkwaɪərə(r)/
KK[ˌɪnkwˈaɪrɚ]IPA/ɪnˈkwaɪərər/

inquirer — 名詞

  • inquirersingular
  • inquirersplural

1. a person who asks someone else for information or answers — for example, a custo

1.名詞B2
釋義

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.

例句

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

常見搭配
  • frequent inquirer
  • first inquirer
  • original inquirer
  • each inquirer
  • the inquirer
同義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

He was an inquirer at the front desk for an hour.' (suggests just standing there).
He waited at the front desk for an hour before asking his question.
'inquirer' implies the act of asking, not just waiting.

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常用片語

  • frequent inquirer
  • first inquirer
  • each inquirer
  • the original inquirer