Query



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. 质问, 疑问, 询问
• ［英］ n. / v. 质问, 疑问, 询问 ( question, inquiry, doubt)
• ［例］ accept a check without query ( 不加询问地接受支票)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural queries)

• Etymology: alteration of earlier quere, from Latin quaere, imperative of quaerere to ask
• Date: circa 1635
• 1. question, inquiry
• 2. a question in the mind ; doubt
• 3. question mark 2

II. transitive verb (queried; querying)

• Date: 1654
• 1. to ask questions of especially with a desire for authoritative information
• 2. to ask questions about especially in order to resolve a doubt
• 3. to put as a question
• 4. to mark with a query
• Synonyms: see ask
• ? querier noun

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