query
noun[C]
uk/ˈkwɪə.ri/us/ˈkwɪr.i/B2
aquestion, oftenexpressingdoubtabout something orlookingfor ananswerfrom anauthority:
疑问,问题If you have any queriesaboutyourtreatment, thedoctorwillanswerthem.您如果对治疗有任何疑问,医生将会做出解答。
Synonyms
enquiryUK
question
- What wastheirresponsetoyourquery?
- He could always do somethingusefulinsteadofwastingmytimewithfootlingqueries.
- Most of thejobinvolvessortingcustomersout who have queries.
- I've got a query about mytax.
- We havereceivedmany written queries about theproduct.
Suspecting & questioning
- ask
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- call into questionidiom
- challenge
- cynical
- cynically
- cynicism
- doubt
- doubter
- doubting Thomas
- fisking
- misgiving
- niggle
- oppugn
- reserve
- sceptical
- skeptic
- smell a ratidiom
- suspicion
- suspicious
query
verb[T]
uk/ˈkwɪə.ri/us/ˈkwɪr.i/toaskquestions,especiallyinordertocheckif something istrueorcorrect:
提问;质问,怀疑A fewstudentshave queriedtheirmarks.有几个学生对他们的分数表示疑惑。
[+ question word]She queriedwhetherthreemonthswaslongenough.她问3个月是否够长。
[+ speech]"Anychanceof acupoftea?" he queriedhopefully.“能否喝杯茶?”他满怀希望地问。
Synonyms
ask(QUESTION)
question
Suspecting & questioning
- ask
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- call into questionidiom
- challenge
- cynical
- cynically
- cynicism
- doubt
- doubter
- doubting Thomas
- fisking
- misgiving
- niggle
- oppugn
- reserve
- sceptical
- skeptic
- smell a ratidiom
- suspicion
- suspicious
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Questioning people & asking questions in general