★enquiry ( inquiry, especially in NAmE ) /ɪnˈkwaɪəri; NAmE usuallyˈɪnkwəri/
noun
( enquiries)
[] enquiry (from sb) (about sb/sth)a request for information about sb/sth; a question about sb/sth 询问；打听◆a telephone enquiry 电话查询◆We received over 300 enquiries about the job. 我们收到 300 多个对这项工作的查询。◆I'll have to make a few enquiries(= try to find out about it) and get back to you. 我打听清楚了再给你答覆。◆enquiries from prospective buyers 潜在买主的询问⨁to make / receive an enquiry 询问；接受查询⨁to answer / deal with / handle / respond to an enquiry 回答／解决／处理／答覆查询
[] an official process to find out the cause of sth or to find out information about sth 调查；查问◆The organization has launched an internal enquiry into the matter. 组织已对这事展开内部调查。◆a merger enquiry (= to see if it should happen or not) 合并项目调查⨁to conduct / hold / launch an enquiry 进行／举行／展开调查⨁to call for / demand / order an enquiry 要求调查
[] the act of asking questions or collecting information about sb/sth 查询；探索；探究◆scientific enquiry 科学探索◆a committee of enquiry 调查委员会
enquiries [] () a place where you can get information 问讯处◆Ask at enquiries to see if your bag has been handed in. 到问讯处问问是否有人交来了你的包。
(; ) [, ]the act of finding information, for example about orders, costs or stock, that is stored in electronic form （对以电子形式贮存的订单、成本或库存等信息的）查询◆using SAP for a basic stock enquiry 使用 SAP 软件进行基本的库存查询