inquire

• He did not pause swimming to inquire what manner of current had caught him .
  他并没有停止游泳，以便去弄清楚是什么样的急流缠住了他。
• Her eyes fixed on him with the inquiring look that he had come to dread .
  她的眼光正带着探问的神色在盯着他，这是使他变得畏惧的眼光。
• The naturalist must be dull who is not led to inquire what this bond is .
  自然学者除非感觉迟钝，对于这种联系究竟是什么是要加以追究的。
• Plainly, the british had not troubled to inquire into his highly sinister record .
  显然，英国人还没有费力去调查一下他那非常见不得人的履历。
• "say, how about those paintings, pres?" inquired annixter a little uneasily .
  “嗨，这些油画怎么样，普瑞斯？”安尼克斯特有点儿不自在地问。
• He inquired for his little country woman of mrs. glass, but without requesting to see her .
  他向格拉斯太太问起他的小同乡，但没有要求会晤她。
• She inquired scrupulously about her husband's health and about the young man's own .
  她一丝不苟地询问了她丈夫的以及这位年轻人本人的健康状况。
• He has always answered my inquires with the readiness of good breeding and good nature .
  他有良好的教养，聪敏的天资，他总能迅速地解答我的疑问。
• He inquired after his wife and the ranch, commenting upon the work on the irrigating ditch .
  他问到他妻子和农庄的情形，还谈到那灌溉渠的修建工作。
• Mr. gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient , a mr. john gilbert .
  基耳伯特先生说，他要询问一个病人，一位名叫约翰基耳伯特的先生。