question
英 ['kwestʃ(ə)n]***美 ['kwɛstʃən]
- n. 问题，疑问；询问；疑问句
- vt. 询问；怀疑；审问
- vi. 询问；怀疑；审问
中文词源
question 问题来自quest,探索，疑问。引申词义问题。
中文词源
- question
- question: [13] Question is one of a large family of English words that go back to the Latin verb quaerere ‘seek, ask’. Its past participle quaestus formed the basis of a noun, quaestiō, which has become English question. An earlier form of the past participle was quaesītus, and its feminine version quaesīta eventually passed into English via Old French as quest [14]. Other English words from the same source include acquire, conquer, enquire, exquisite, inquest, request, and require; and query [17] is an anglicization of quaere, the imperative form of quaerere.
=> acquire, conquer, enquire, exquisite, inquest, query, quest, request, require - question (n.)
- early 13c., "philosophical or theological problem;" early 14c. as "utterance meant to elicit an answer or discussion," also as "a difficulty, a doubt," from Anglo-French questiun, Old French question "question, difficulty, problem; legal inquest, interrogation, torture," from Latin quaestionem (nominative quaestio) "a seeking, a questioning, inquiry, examining, judicial investigation," noun of action from past participle stem of quaerere "ask, seek" (see query (v.)).
No question "undoubtedly" is from mid-15c; no questions asked "accountability not required" is from 1879 (especially in newspaper advertisements seeking the return of something lost or stolen). Question mark is from 1849, sometimes also question stop (1862); figurative use is from 1869. To be out of the question (c. 1700) is to be not pertinent to the subject, hence "not to be considered." - question (v.)
- late 15c., from question (n.) and from Middle French questionner "ask questions, interrogate, torture" (13c.), from question (n.). Related: Questioned; questioning. Alternative questionize attested from 1847.
双语例句
- 1. This brings us to the second question I asked.
- 这就将我们带到了我所提的第二个问题。
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- 2. People want to dissect his work and question his motives.
- 人们想仔细分析他的作品，并对他的动机提出质疑。
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- 3. One more question and I'll leave you in peace.
- 再问一个问题，我就不打扰你了。
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- 4. Having identified the problem, the question arises of how to overcome it.
- 发现问题后，如何克服它的问题又出现了。
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- 5. He said in reply that the question was unfair.
- 他回答说这个问题不公平。
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