inquest
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT When an inquest is held, a public official hears evidence about someone's death in order to find out the cause. (調(diào)查死因的) 訊問(wèn)
The inquest into their deaths opened yesterday in Little Rock. 昨天在小石城展開(kāi)了對(duì)他們死因的調(diào)查訊問(wèn)。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to an investigation by the people involved in a defeat or failure as an inquest. (對(duì)失敗原因的) 調(diào)查
His plea came last night as party chiefs held an inquest into the election disaster. 昨晚政黨領(lǐng)袖對(duì)競(jìng)選失敗進(jìn)行調(diào)查時(shí)，他提出了申辯。
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inquest /??n?kw?st/ (inquests)
劍橋詞典
- an official process to discover the cause of someone's death
死因讅理；騐屍
An inquest is always held if murder is suspected . 如果懷疑是謀殺，縂要騐屍調(diào)查。
an examination of or discussion about the reasons for someone's or something's failure
（對(duì)失敗原因的）調(diào)查，查究
an inquest into the department's poor performance 對(duì)該部門業(yè)勣不佳的調(diào)查 返回 inquest