question
英 ['kwest?(?)n]
美 ['kw?st??n]
- n. 問題，疑問；詢問；疑問句
- vt. 詢問；懷疑；審問
- vi. 詢問；懷疑；審問
中文詞源
question 問題來自quest,探索，疑問。引申詞義問題。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. This brings us to the second question I asked.
- 這就將我們帶到了我所提的第二個問題。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. People want to dissect his work and question his motives.
- 人們想仔細分析他的作品，并對他的動機提出質疑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. One more question and I'll leave you in peace.
- 再問一個問題，我就不打擾你了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Having identified the problem, the question arises of how to overcome it.
- 發現問題后，如何克服它的問題又出現了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He said in reply that the question was unfair.
- 他回答說這個問題不公平。
來自柯林斯例句