inquiring
inquiring — 形容詞
1. having or showing a strong desire to learn new things, understand how they work,
好問的；求知慾強的
渴望學習新事物、喜歡追問的
having or showing a strong desire to learn new things, understand how they work, and find answers to questions — for example, an inquiring child who takes apart a clock to see its gears, or an inquiring journalist who digs beneath the surface of a story.
Dr. Adebayo has always had an inquiring mind, reading widely beyond his own field of medicine.
Adebayo 醫生總是有好問的精神，廣泛閱讀醫學領域以外的書籍。
collocation: inquiring mind
The toddler fixed an inquiring gaze on the butterfly, watching it move from flower to flower.
那個學步的小孩以好奇的目光注視著蝴蝶，看著牠在花間飛舞。
collocation: inquiring gaze
An inquiring attitude is more useful than just memorising facts when you study science.
學習科學時，抱持追根究底的態度比死記事實更有用。
Mei-Ling's inquiring nature led her to read every astronomy book in the school library.
美玲好問的天性促使她讀完學校圖書館裡每一本天文學書籍。
The teacher encouraged an inquiring classroom environment where pupils freely asked why things happened.
老師鼓勵課堂上營造好問的學習氛圍，讓學生可以自由地追問事情發生的原因。
- curious
more common in everyday speech; can apply to simple or casual interest
- questioning
focuses on the act of asking rather than the inner desire to learn
- probing
suggests a deeper, more intense search, sometimes unwelcome
- incurious
not interested in learning or finding out; formal
- indifferent
lacking interest or concern; broader in meaning
文法句型
inquiring + noun
用法筆記
Typically appears before nouns like 'mind', 'nature', 'attitude', 'gaze', or 'look'. Less common in everyday conversation than the word 'curious'; 'inquiring' often suggests a deeper, more active pursuit of knowledge.
常見錯誤
inquiring — 動詞
1. to ask someone for information, especially in a formal or official way — for exa
詢問；打聽
向他人索取資訊，尤指正式場合
to ask someone for information, especially in a formal or official way — for example, inquiring about a train time at a station desk, asking whether a hotel room is available, or writing to find out if a job position is still open.
Yuki inquired about the train times at the information desk before buying her ticket.
Yuki 在詢問處打聽火車時刻表，然後買了車票。
pattern: inquire about + noun phrase
The detective inquired whether anyone had seen the blue car leave the garage that evening.
那名偵探詢問是否有人當晚看到那輛藍色汽車從車庫開出來。
pattern: inquire + whether + clause
I am writing to inquire if there are any places still available on the summer course.
我寫信去詢問暑期課程是否還有名額。
Mateo stopped at the post office to inquire about sending a package to Brazil.
Mateo 在郵局停下來詢問寄包裹到巴西的方式。
A neighbour called to inquire when the road repair work would finally be finished.
一位鄰居打電話來詢問馬路修復工程何時才能完工。
文法句型
inquire + about + noun phrase
inquire + if/whether + clause
inquire + wh-word + clause
用法筆記
More formal than 'ask'. Rarely takes a direct object (❌ 'inquired him'); the thing asked about must follow a preposition ('about') or a clause word ('if', 'whether', 'when', 'where'). British English often uses the spelling 'enquire' in less formal contexts.
常見錯誤
2. to examine a situation, event, or complaint carefully in order to find out the t
調查；探究
仔細檢視問題以找出真相或原因
to examine a situation, event, or complaint carefully in order to find out the truth or the cause of something — for example, a committee inquiring into the cause of a factory fire, or a bank inquiring into the source of a large payment.
A special committee was set up to inquire into the causes of the factory fire.
成立了一個特別委員會，調查那場工廠火災的起因。
pattern: inquire into + noun phrase (formal investigation)
Sunita's job is to inquire into complaints from residents about noise and safety issues.
Sunita 的工作是調查居民對噪音和安全問題的投訴。
The insurance company is inquiring into whether the damage was caused by the storm or by poor maintenance.
保險公司正在調查損失是暴風雨還是維護不善造成的。
After the patient's condition worsened, the hospital board inquired into what had gone wrong during the operation.
病人狀況惡化後，醫院董事會調查了手術過程中出了什麼問題。
The charity asked an independent team to inquire into how the donated money had been spent.
該慈善機構委託獨立團隊調查捐款是如何被使用的。
- investigate
more common in everyday use; can be transitive (investigate something)
- probe
suggests a deep, sometimes aggressive search for hidden facts
- examine
broader; can mean careful inspection of anything, not just problems
文法句型
inquire + into + noun phrase
用法筆記
Always used with the preposition 'into' before the object. Cannot be used transitively (❌ 'inquire the accident'). The object of investigation must be a situation, event, or claim — not a person. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 is about asking for facts, while sense 2 is about systematically examining a problem.