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单词 inquisition
释义
inquisition
noun[C]
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˌɪn.kwɪˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɪn.kwɪˈzɪʃ.ən/
aperiodofaskingquestionsin adetailedandunfriendlyway:
盘问；责难
Thepolicesubjectedhimtoan inquisition thatlastedtwelvehours.警察对他进行了长达12小时的盘问。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Questioning people & asking questions in general
  • ask aftersomeone
  • ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
  • besomeone'sfor the askingidiom
  • beat
  • beatsomethingout ofsomeone
  • bombard
  • cross-examine
  • doorstep
  • enquire
  • inquire withinidiom
  • interviewer
  • pin
  • putsomeonetosomethingidiom
  • Q, q
  • reinterview
  • resurvey
  • retest
  • roll
  • survey
  • the third degreeidiom
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the Inquisition
noun[S]
uk
/ˌɪn.kwɪˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɪn.kwɪˈzɪʃ.ən/
in the past, anofficialorganizationin theRomanCatholicChurchwhosepurposewas tofindandpunishpeoplewhoopposeditsbeliefs
（旧时天主教的）宗教法庭，宗教裁判所
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Christianity: The Roman Catholic Church
  • anti-Catholic
  • anti-Catholicism
  • apostolic
  • beatification
  • Cistercian
  • concordat
  • confessional
  • convent
  • encyclical
  • liberation theology
  • Madonna
  • Marian
  • RC
  • stoup
  • tabernacle
  • the Angelus
  • the Immaculate Conception
  • the Stations of the Cross
  • the Vatican
  • transubstantiation
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(Definition ofinquisitionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

inquisition| American Dictionary

inquisition
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/ˌɪn·kwəˈzɪʃ·ən/
adetailedquestioning,esp. of someone’sbeliefs
(Definition ofinquisitionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinquisition

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They are engaged within definite forms of discourse having the character of investigation, diagnosis,inquisition, confession, or judgment.
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In contrast to the inquisitions of the 1230s numbers burnt decreased rapidly.
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The acquisition of their own prisons was an important point in the history of theinquisition.
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Both are symbolised by the painstaking transcription in an appendix of a large part of theinquisitiontrial on which the book is based.
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Inquisitionstudies, as those who have ventured into them know very well, continue to be a minefield.
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Inquisitiondocuments are rare for the first decade of its existence.
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Studies of theinquisitionhave tended to look at the period when it had become a recognisable institution in the years after 1250.
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Most of theinquisitionpenances contained an element of financial punishment.
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The volume went to press in 1996 and was published in the same year that the archives of theinquisitionwere opened to research.
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He strings the histories together with an outline narrative that explains the main points of the history of theinquisitionand its judicial procedure.
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Nevertheless, burning remained a crucial part ofinquisitionstrategy, in that even with relatively few victims it allowed inquisitors to intimidate a community.
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Whatever the reason for its disappearance, the support of a pauper represents a failed experiment from a distinctive phase of the development of theinquisition.
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Probably most of those who held examinations were testing knowledge of the catechism, but some ministers apparently conducted a moralinquisitiontoo.
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It was the inquisition's use of prisons for heresy which demonstrated what could be achieved through imprisonment.
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In addition to their institutional importance, prisons were important to theinquisitionon another level.
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