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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɛnˈkwaɪə/, /ɪn-/
• (General American) IPA: /ɛnˈkwaɪɹ/, /ɪn-/, /ɪŋ-/
• 韻: -aɪə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: en‧qui‧re

動詞

enquire (third-person singular simple present enquires, present participle enquiring, simple past and past participle enquired)

1. British English form of inquire.

   He enquired about the availability of rental bicycles in the town.

   • 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:

     Having thus at length enquired the truth concerning Law and dispense.

   • 1814, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in The Corsair, a Tale, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza II, page 5, lines 79–82:

     Thus prompts his accents and his actions still, / And all obey and few enquire his will; / To such, brief answer and contemptuous eye / Convey reproof, nor further deign reply.

使用する際の注意点

• See the usage notes in the entry "inquire".

派生語

関連する語

• enquiry

アナグラム

• inquere