inquire是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 询问， 打听； 调查； 查问，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Lord Glenarvan felt no great desire to inquire into the causes of this decay, though Paganel tried to draw him into a discussion on the subject.
-- Glenarvan, John Mangles, and Paganel got out of the coach, and rushed to the custom-house, to inquire about the arrival of vessels within the last few days.
-- Next day John went to inquire about the ships ready to sail.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Recognizing, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe ' 'Indeed, sir!May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?'
-- It was a cunning device, for, apart from the chance of driving your victim to his death, what peasant would ven-ture to inquire too closely into such a creature should he get sight of it, as many have done, upon the moor?
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- You see they might come out and inquire for you, and you wouldn't be on the spot.
-- 'Prince,' asked Nina Alexandrovna, 'I wanted to inquire whether you have known my son long?
-- By the way, do you know that the monster comes every day to inquire after your health?'
-- The day after these scandalous events, however, the prince had the honour of receiving a visit from Adelaida and her fiance, Prince S. They came, ostensibly, to inquire after his health.
-- His first word was to inquire after Evgenie Pavlovitch.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Priam bade me inquire further if you will cease fighting till we burn our dead; hereafter we will fight anew, till heaven decide between us and give vic-tory to one or to the other.'
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Enough of this,' said Heyward, impatiently; 'I wish not to inquire into the character of a man that I know, and to whom you must be a stranger.
-- While the culinary process was in hand, curiosity induced him to inquire into the circumstances which had led to their timely and unexpected rescue: 'How is it that we see you so soon, my generous friend,' he asked, 'and without aid from the garrison of Edward?'
-- Every eye was simultaneously bent on his person, as if to inquire into the truth or false-hood of the declaration, with an intelligence and keenness that caused the subject of their scrutiny to tremble for the result.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As the countenance of the stout lady began to clear up, she ventured to inquire how far it was.
-- Mr James Groves was evidently surprised, and looked at the money, and rang it, and looked at the child, and at the money again, as though he had a mind to inquire how she came by it.
-- A second knock brought no reply from within the house; but caused a woman over the way to look out and inquire who that was, awanting Mrs Nubbles.
-- Mr Richard, sir, have the goodness to step directly to Wrasp and Co.'s in Broad Street, and inquire if they have had instructions to appear in Carkem and Painter.
-- Old Mr Garland was the first to stretch out his hand, and inquire how he felt.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I came to inquire about Maslova's case."
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Blamed if he didn't inquire about everybody and everything in that blessed town, and all about the Wilkses; and about Peter's business which was a tanner; and about George's which was a carpenter; and about Har- vey's which was a dissentering minister; and so on, and so on.
-- So the king he blattered along, and managed to inquire about pretty much everybody and dog in town, by his name, and mentioned all sorts of little things that happened one time or another in the town, or to George's family, or to Pe-ter.
-- Did you inquire around for HIM when you got loose?
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