(1)(询)问(try to find out by questions;ask)[T+n，T+n+prep(of)，T+wh，T+wh-inf]：～sb's name/the way to the museum/sb's reason for leaving/the answer (of sb)(向某人)询问某人的名字/到博物馆的路/某人走的原因/答案;～d (of sb) what time the bus left/whether sb wanted any help/why sb had not thought of that before(向某人)询问车离开的时间/某人是否需要帮助/为什么以前没有想到那件事;～where to go/how to do sth/where to stay 询问去哪儿/怎么做某事/暂住哪儿;

(2)查询，打听(ask for information)[I，I+prep(about)]：～by telephone/at the post office/at the information desk 打电话/在邮局/在问讯处查询;When I don't know I～. 我不知道的时候就打听。～about trains to London/directions/the weather conditions/sb's health/sb's past(询)问去伦敦的火车/路/天气状况/某人的健康/某人的过去;

inquire after(v prep)问候(vt)：～after a friend/sb's wife/sb's parents问候朋友/某人的妻子/某人的父母;

inquire for (v prep) 1)要求见(vt)：～for the manager/the person in charge 要求见经理/负责人; 2)设法得(买)到(vt)：～for a certain book in a bookshop/the new catalogue 在书店查购某一本书/要新的目录;

inquire into(v prep)查问，调查(vt)：～closely (thoroughly/further) into sb's sudden disappearance/the matter/sb's background/a rumor/a murder/an accident 仔细(彻底/进一步)调查某人的突然失踪/那件事/某人的背景/一个谣言/一件谋杀案/一起事故;

→in′quirer n 询问者;调查人;in′quiring adj 好问的，爱打听的;in′quiry，en′quiry n

【辨异】inquire与ask、question和interrogate的区别见ASK。