interrogate
verb[T]
uk/ɪnˈter.ə.ɡeɪt/us/ɪnˈter.ə.ɡeɪt/interrogateverb[T](QUESTION PERSON)
toasksomeone a lot ofquestionsfor alongtimeinorderto getinformation, sometimes usingthreatsorviolence:
讯问，审问，盘问Thousands ofdissidentshave been interrogated orimprisonedinrecentweeks.数千名持不同政见者在最近几周遭到审问或拘禁。
- The man washeldand interrogated for fivehours.
- Hebelievesthe men who interrogated him weregovernmentagents.
- ThebillwouldrequiretheCIAtoabideby thecertainruleswhen interrogatingprisoners.
- I waswalkingdown thestreetdoing nothing when thecopsstoppedand interrogated me.
- She isendlesslycuriousabout theworldand otherpeople, interrogating them about thedetailsoftheirlives.
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
interrogateverb[T](COMPUTING)
computingspecialized
to getinformationfrom acomputer:
（在计算机上）查询Thecomputerlanguagewasoriginallydevelopedto make itfasterto interrogate adatabase.
- Twentyyearsagopeoplebuiltfairlyrudimentarysystemsto interrogate adatabase.
- There are now more than 1,400fundmanagersinourUKdatabase, which is interrogated tofindtheawardwinners.
- Onlinebankingmeanstheabilityto interrogateyourbankaccountbycomputer.
Operating computers
- admin
- aliasing
- always-on
- backsomeoneup
- black hat
- computerate
- computerize
- drill down
- escape
- interface
- keyboarder
- maximize
- miswrite
- mouse oversomething
- munging
- navigational
- scroll
- telecottage
- ticket
- uninstall
interrogateverb[T](ASK ABOUT TOPIC)
social sciencespecialized
toaskquestionsabout something as a way ofanalysingit orfindingout more about it:
Thebookinterrogates the waynumbersarehandledandmishandledbypoliticiansand themedia.
This allsoundsperfectlysensibleuntil westartto interrogate theunderlyingassumptions.
- We interrogate howarchaeologyisshapedas astudyof the past,contrastedagainstheritage, which is taken to be thestudyof thepresent.
- Iadmirehiswillingnessto interrogate his ownassumptions.
- Only anarrowfragmentof people’slivesis interrogated in acourtroom.
Analysing and evaluating
- adjudication
- analysable
- analyse
- analyser
- enquiry
- gauge
- go over
- go through
- have the measure ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- inspect
- inspection
- probe
- reinterpret
- reinterpretation
- reinvestigate
- reinvestigation
- research
- scratch
- the acid test
- vet
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Suspecting & questioning