inquest
inquest 英 [ˈɪŋkwest] 美 [ˈɪnˌkwɛst]
n. 审讯；验尸；讯问
名词复数:inquests
- An inquest is when a court of law or a coroner investigates the circumstances of a person's death. If a person in your family dies suddenly, you might attend an inquest at the courthouse.
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- n. 审讯；验尸；讯问
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1. In January 1840, in the very month of the inquest, he was starting work on the first numbers.
1840年一月，就是验尸审判的那个月，他开始创办周刊的第一期。
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2. The inquest report shows only 14 minutes elapsed from the time the police did their last sweep of the square in which she was killed and her body being discovered.
审讯报告指出警察最后一次在埃德温丝遇害且被发现的广场巡逻的时间距她死亡的时间仅有14分钟。
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3. Liberal Democrat MP David Howarth said: "Eventually there will have to be a full inquest with a jury.
自由民主党国会议员大卫霍华斯说：“最终将由陪审团进行详细审讯。
- inquest (n.) late 13c., enquest, an-queste "legal or judicial inquiry," especially one before a jury, from Old French enqueste "inquiry" (Modern French enquête), from Vulgar Latin *inquaestia (source also of Italian inchiesta), from Latin inquisita (res) "(a thing) looked into; an inquiry," from fem. past participle of Latin inquirere "to seek after, search for" (see inquire). The form with in- prevailed from 18c.
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