柯林斯詞典inquest /??n?kw?st/ (inquests) 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 The inquest into their deaths opened yesterday in Little Rock. 昨天在小石城展開了對他們死因的調(diào)查訊問。2. N-COUNT You can refer to an investigation by the people involved in a defeat or failure as an inquest. (對失敗原因的) 調(diào)查 His plea came last night as party chiefs held an inquest into the election disaster. 昨晚政黨領(lǐng)袖對競選失敗進行調(diào)查時，他提出了申辯。 返回 inquest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 （對失敗原因的）調(diào)查，查究 an inquest into the department's poor performance 對該部門業(yè)勣不佳的調(diào)查 返回 inquest