| 词汇 | inquire after somebody/something |
| 释义 | inquire after somebody/somethinginquire after somebody/something phrasal verbphr v formal ASK A QUESTIONto ask about someone’s health, what they are doing etc 问候，问好 He called me aside to inquire after my daughter. 他把我叫到一旁，打听我女儿的情况。 Examples from the Corpus inquire after • I never inquired after Jean-Claude and I never heard from him.• Finally, Miranda inquired after Scott.• During the hearings political protests, as such, were most gentle: one patriot inquiring after the patriotism of another.• He was for ever putting his arm round surly Arthur and inquiring after the score with a beam on his face.• Muriel inquired after their day and received polite but monosyllabic replies from each of them. → inquire after somebody/something at inquire(1) |
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