inquiry是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 询问， 打听， 调查，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：
-- He had been making inquiry about his luggage, to assure himself that it was all on board, and kept repeating incessantly the unlucky words, "The DUNCAN!the DUNCAN!"
-- However, there was one inquiry more to make to the Sergeant; and it was the Major who thought of it, for all the others looked at each other in silence.
-- This lasted for three days; to the inquiry whether he was well treated, he said "Yes and no!"
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：
-- My motive for withholding it from the coroner's inquiry is that a man of science shrinks from placing himself in the public position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition.
-- 'No, sir; I have made inquiry all over the hotel, but I can hear no word of it.'
-- The German was sent for but professed to know noth-ing of the matter, nor could any inquiry clear it up.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When Mr. Brownlow admitted that on no one point of inquiry could he yet return a satisfactory answer; and that he had postponed any investigation into Oliver's previous history until he thought the boy was strong enough to hear it; Mr. Grimwig chuckled maliciously.
-- said Sikes; backing the inquiry with a very common imprecation concerning the most beautiful of human features: which, if it were heard above, only once out of every fifty thousand times that it is uttered below, would render blindness as common a disorder as measles: 'what do you mean by it?
-- To this inquiry the girl returned the not uncommon, but rather evasive reply of 'I don't know; where do you come from?'
-- Mr. Bumble, catching at the inquiry very quickly, shook his head with portentous solemnity.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On their being joined by Mr. Bingley himself, Elizabeth withdrew to Miss Lucas; to whose inquiry after the pleas-antness of her last partner she had scarcely replied, before Mr. Collins came up to them, and told her with great exul-tation that he had just been so fortunate as to make a most important discovery.
-- In an hurried manner he immediately began an inquiry after her health, imputing his visit to a wish of hearing that she were better.
-- On the very last day of the regiment's remaining at Mery-ton, he dined, with other of the officers, at Longbourn; and so little was Elizabeth disposed to part from him in good humour, that on his making some inquiry as to the manner in which her time had passed at Hunsford, she mentioned Colonel Fitzwilliam's and Mr. Darcy's having both spent three weeks at Rosings, and asked him, if he was acquaint-ed with the former.
-- After sitting in this manner a quarter of an hour without hearing Miss Bingley's voice, Elizabeth was roused by receiving from her a cold inquiry after the health of her family.
-- After making every possible inquiry on that side London, Colonel F. came on into Hertfordshire, anxiously renew-ing them at all the turnpikes, and at the inns in Barnet and Hatfield, but without any success no such people had been seen to pass through.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It is true, when I got on shore first here, and found all my ship's crew drowned and myself spared, I was surprised with a kind of ecstasy, and some transports of soul, which, had the grace of God assisted, might have come up to true thankfulness; but it ended where it began, in a mere com-mon flight of joy, or, as I may say, being glad I was alive, without the least reflection upon the distinguished good-ness of the hand which had preserved me, and had singled me out to be preserved when all the rest were destroyed, or an inquiry why Providence had been thus merciful unto me.
-- I had, God knows, more sincerity than knowledge in all the methods I took for this poor creature's instruction, and must acknowledge, what I believe all that act upon the same principle will find, that in laying things open to him, I really informed and instructed myself in many things that either I did not know or had not fully considered before, but which occurred naturally to my mind upon searching into them, for the information of this poor savage; and I had more af-fection in my inquiry after things upon this occasion than ever I felt before: so that, whether this poor wild wretch was better for me or no, I had great reason to be thankful that ever he came to me; my grief sat lighter, upon me; my habi-tation grew comfortable to me beyond measure: and when I reflected that in this solitary life which I have been con-fined to, I had not only been moved to look up to heaven myself, and to seek the Hand that had brought me here, but was now to be made an instrument, under Providence, to save the life, and, for aught I knew, the soul of a poor sav-age, and bring him to the true knowledge of religion and of the Christian doctrine, that he might know Christ Jesus, in whom is life eternal; I say, when I reflected upon all these things, a secret joy ran through every part of My soul, and I frequently rejoiced that ever I was brought to this place, which I had so often thought the most dreadful of all afflic-tions that could possibly have befallen me.
-- she'll float next tide;' by which I was fully confirmed in the main inquiry of what countrymen they were.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But they would have been improved by some share of his frankness and warmth; and her visit was long enough to detract something from their first admiration, by shewing that, though perfectly well-bred, she was reserved, cold, and had nothing to say for herself beyond the most common-place inquiry or remark.
-- But for this strange kind of secrecy maintained by them relative to their engagement, which in fact concealed nothing at all, she could not account; and it was so wholly contradictory to their general opinions and practice, that a doubt sometimes entered her mind of their being really engaged, and this doubt was enough to prevent her making any inquiry of Marianne.
-- But really I never understood that you were at all connected with that family, and therefore I am a little surprised, I confess, at so serious an inquiry into her character."
-- After an hour or two spent in what her mother called comfortable chat, or in other words, in every variety of inquiry concerning all their acquaintance on Mrs. Jennings's side, and in laughter without cause on Mrs. Palmer's, it was proposed by the latter that they should all accompany her to some shops where she had business that morning, to which Mrs. Jennings and Elinor readily consented, as having likewise some purchases to make themselves; and Marianne, though declining it at first was induced to go likewise.
-- He looked surprised and said, "I beg your pardon, I am afraid my inquiry has been impertinent; but I had not supposed any secrecy intended, as they openly correspond, and their marriage is universally talked of."
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then he would decide to make the best of it, and would begin to do so by starting the whole inquiry over again.
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