enquiry

問い合わせ、質問

情報を得るための質問や依頼。

やさしい英語で： A question or request for information.

• Thank you for your enquiry.
• She made an enquiry about train times.
• Please send all enquiries to our office.

使い方： enquiry about something (I sent an enquiry about the course fees.)

類義語： question, query

反対語： answer

よく使う表現： make an enquiry, enquiry desk, customer enquiry

調査、捜査

あることについて事実を明らかにするため、計画的に調べること。

やさしい英語で： An organized effort to discover facts about something.

• The police began an enquiry.
• A public enquiry examined the bridge collapse.
• Their enquiries revealed several serious mistakes.

使い方： enquiry into something (An enquiry into the accident began yesterday.)

類義語： investigation, inquiry

よく使う表現： public enquiry, official enquiry, conduct an enquiry