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单词 inquisitor
释义
inquisitor
noun[C]
formaldisapproving
uk
/ɪnˈkwɪz.ɪ.tər/us
/ɪnˈkwɪz.ɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whoasksa lot ofquestions:
调查人；询问者；盘问者
Theprimeministerfoundhimselfarraignedbefore themediainquisitors.首相发现自己遭到媒体记者的责问。
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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(Definition ofinquisitorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinquisitor

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But burning was an admission of defeat by the inquisitors.
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One source which is of use in tackling these issues is the penances imposed by the early inquisitors.
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The inquisitors were able to operate with new security and for the first time were able to make widespread use of imprisonment as a penance.
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On the other hand it would be easy to see how the penance could be turned into a form of extortion by an unscrupulousinquisitor.
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At first inquisitors offered a simple choice between penance as proof of conversion or death by burning.
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The penance as used by inquisitors was extended predominantly to followers of heretics (credentes) rather than heresiarchs themselves.
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The originality of the inquisitors was that they took an institution primarily regarded as for the religious and applied it to the laity.
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Circulation and eclecticism are the dominant themes, although obviously the dialogue between priest andinquisitordoes uncover differing and conflicting assumptions on what was acceptable.
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Jaffary traces the methods used by inquisitors to determine the role of the devil in the behaviour of the accused.
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Recent events had also had an effect on the inquisitors.
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The inquisitors, like those who were later involved in his canonization, did not doubt that he really flew.
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Natural revulsion at the earliest inquisitors has also caused difficulties.
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In fact, the inquisitors may well have arrived at the penitential virtues of imprisonment on their own.
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Nevertheless, burning remained a crucial part of inquisition strategy, in that even with relatively few victims it allowed inquisitors to intimidate a community.
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Preservation of archives could also help inquisitors ' spot weak points in a mendacious confession ' (p. 144).
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