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in·quis·i·tor /ɪnˈkwɪzɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countableC] 1. ASK A QUESTIONsomeone who is asking you a lot of difficult questions and making you feel very uncomfortable 〔提出很多难题,令人极不舒服的〕盘问者,询问者
2. RRCan official of the Inquisition 〔宗教法庭的〕审判官
—inquisitorial /ɪnˌkwɪzəˈtɔːriəl◂/ adjectiveadj
—inquisitorially adverbadv