question

音标发音

• 英式音标 ['kwestʃ(ə)n]
• 美式音标 [ˈkwes.tʃən]
• 国际音标 ['kwestʃən]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 问题，疑问；询问；疑问句
• vt. 询问；怀疑；审问
• vi. 询问；怀疑；审问

词源解说

• 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的question，意为难题；最初源自拉丁语的quaestionem，意为寻求。

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  questionable：可疑的；有问题的。

• adv性质的同根词

  questionably：可疑地，不清楚地；不可靠地。

  questioningly：怀疑地；质问地。

• n性质的同根词

  questioning：质问。

  questioner：发问者；质问者。

• v性质的同根词

  questioning：询问，审问（question的现在分词）。

• question相关词

用法辨析

n. (名词)

• question的基本意思是需要回答的“问题”,尤其指讨论中的事物,需要决定的事物、查询、事件等,即“议题,难题”,是可数名词。
• question也可作“质疑”解,指不能肯定的事情或问题,是不可数名词,常与介词 about 连用。
• question后常可接that引导的同位语从句,此时that无实义,只起连接作用,不可改为which。

v. (动词)

• question的基本意思是“询问,质询”,指就不足信、不正确或可疑的事对某人进行连续提问,也可指经过法庭或警署询问某人。引申可作“对…表示质疑”解。
• question可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词、代词或if/whether从句作宾语。
• question后常用介词about或on来表示某方面的问题。
• 注意:“盘问”应为cross-question。

• question使用方法
• question详细辨析

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• Answer the following questions.
  回答下列问题。

～+to- v

• It's a difficult question to decide.
  这是个难以决定的问题。

～+of wh-to- v

• I think that I've managed to solve the question of what to buy my mother for her birthday.
  我认为我自己解决了给妈妈买什么东西来作生日礼物的问题。

～+as to wh-clause

• There has been some question as to whether or not the President will resign.
  总统是否会辞职还不确定。

～+that-clause

• These are questions that lie outside the purview of our inquiry.
  这些都不是属于我们调查范围的问题。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• I prefer questioning my pupils to lecturing them.
  我喜欢少讲课,多提问。

S+～+if/whether-clause

• I question if you can do it.
  我对你能否做这件事表示怀疑。

引出直接引语

• “What's the use of telling all this to me?” she questioned.
  她问道：“你告诉我这些有什么用?”

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• address a question 提出问题
• admit no question 不容置疑
• answer the question 回答这个问题；（马在赛马前测试时）跑得很好
• ask a question 问一个问题
• beg the question 用未经证明的假定来辩论

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (ASKING) a sentence or phrase used to find out information
• (PROBLEM) any matter that needs to be dealt with or considered
• to ask a person about something, especially officially

柯林斯英英字典

• A question is something that you say or write in order to ask a person about something.
• If you question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
• questioning
• If you question something, you have or express doubts about whether it is true, reasonable, or worthwhile.
• If you say that there is some question about something, you mean that there is doubt or uncertainty about it. If something is in question or has been called into question, doubt or uncertainty has been expressed about it.
• A question is a problem, matter, or point which needs to be considered.
• The questions on an examination are the problems that test your knowledge or ability.
• &rarrsee also questioning
• The person, thing, or time in question is one which you have just been talking about or which is relevant.
• If you say that something is out of the question, you are emphasizing that it is completely impossible or unacceptable.
• If you pop the question, you ask someone to marry you.
• If you say there is no question of something happening, you are emphasizing that it is not going to happen.

• question剑桥字典
• question柯林斯字典

专业释义

经济学

• 问题

  During the process the chief question is land requisition.
  城市化遇到的首要问题就是土地征用问题。

  法学

• 问题

  This is the question which extremely difficult to solve.
  这是个极难解决的问题。”

  计算机科学技术

• 教学

  There three main question answer systems: e-mail, charting and key word searching.
  目前远程教学系统主要采用电子邮件、在线讨论和关键字查询方式三种主要方式进行答疑。

• 试题

  It is a management software, a collection of test question management, paper proposition and statistical analysis.
  它是集试题管理、试卷命题和统计分析等功能为一体的管理软件。

• 询问
• 问题

文学

• 题旨

语言学

• 疑问

  as its research question, this thesis begins its tentative exploration into English ambiguity.
  本文以此疑问作为研究对象而对英语歧义进行尝试性的探讨。

  数学

• 问题

政治学

• 质询