query

常用用法

這組詞都有“問,詢問”之意。其區(qū)別是：
ask是最常用詞,指對(duì)不了解的事情提出問題,并期望得到答復(fù),常用在口語中,例如：
Did you ask him his name and address?你問他的姓名和地址了嗎?
inquire多用作書面語,比ask正式,常譯作“詢問,調(diào)查”,指為得到某人或某物的真實(shí)確切情況而詳細(xì)“詢問”,但不一定要有被問者,例如：
The police are trying to inquire into the cause of his death.警察正在設(shè)法查出他的死因。
question指對(duì)某人或某物主動(dòng)提出問題,以便了解詳細(xì)情況,意思為“提出,質(zhì)問”,含有審問的意思,例如：
The prisoner was questioned by the police.犯人被警察所質(zhì)問。
interrogate意為“盤問,提問題”,多指為了某種特殊目的,希望把一切搞清楚而進(jìn)行的有條理的詢問,可與question互換,例如：
The lawyer took a long time to interrogate the witness fully.律師花了很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間來徹底地盤問證人。
query作“質(zhì)問”或“提出疑問”解,這種“質(zhì)問”多指向自己的上級(jí)或有權(quán)勢(shì)的人提出的質(zhì)問,目的在于消除疑問,例如：
They queried the President about his intentions.他們對(duì)總統(tǒng)的想法提出了疑問。