inquisition
n. 调查；审查；(罗马天主教的)宗教法庭
形容词：inquisitional
详细释义
n.(名词)
- 宗教法庭，宗教裁判所
- 恣意镇压，严密审讯，任意处罚
- 调查，查究
- 【律】审讯
- 书面裁决
- 调查报告书
v.(动词)
- 盘问
英英释义
Noun
- a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
- a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The police are following several lines of inquisition.警方正沿几条线索进行调查。
- I was subjected to a lengthy inquisition into the state of my bank balance.有关方面就我的银行存款余额对我进行了详细的调查。
- I was subjected to a lengthy inquisition by the tax inspector.我受到税务稽查员长时间的查问。
- The Inquisition of the Medieval Ages devised many demoniac means of torture.中世纪的宗教法庭创造了许多骇人听闻的酷刑。
- There was no longer any question about the doom the Inquisition had prepared for me.对宗教法庭给我安排好的归宿已经不再有任何疑问了。