一、enquiry 作名词,意为“调查,查究;询问,打听;探究,探索”,例如: I have received an enquiry about your daughter's situation.我收到一份关于你女儿情况的调查。 She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront. 她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。 The truth is most unlikely to be brought to light by the promised enquiry. 承诺要进行的调查极不可能揭露真相。 解析:be unlikely to do sth | that … 表示不可能做某事,而且常用 more unlikely 或 most unlikely 组合,表示程度很大的不可能性。二、inquiry 作名词,跟 enquiry 的意思一样,例如: The commissioner promised to launch an inquiry into the fraud case.专员答应对这起诈骗案展开调查。 The inquiry found evidence of serious misapplication of funds.调查发现了严重滥用资金的证据。 A new team of detectives were called in to conduct a fresh inquiry.一个新的侦探队被请来进行新的调查。 解析:短语动词 call in 意为“请来,找来”。 三、两者的区别