inquire
英検2級・大学受験尋ねる・問い合わせる、尋ねる(into 調査する)
意味
- …を尋ねる,問う
- 尋ねる,問い合わせる
例文
The doctors inquired into the mystery of nature.
博士たちは自然の神秘を探求した。
He had to inquire into the record of the event.
彼は事件の記録を調べなければならなかった。
A stranger inquired about the way to the station.
見知らぬ人が駅への道を尋ねた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Latin inquīrō (“to seek for”), composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Displaced Middle English enqueren (from Old French enquerre, of the same source) and native Middle English speir (“ask, inquire”).