Inquisition
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- n. 調(diào)查；宗教法庭；審訊
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?inquisitions;
中文詞源
inquisition 盤問，責難
來自inquire,查詢，詢問，-s,過去分詞后綴。引申詞義盤問，責難。
英文詞源
- inquisition (n.)
- late 14c., "judicial investigation, act or process of inquiring," from Old French inquisicion "inquiry, investigation" (12c.), from Latin inquisitionem (nominative inquisitio) "a searching into, legal examination," noun of action from past participle stem of inquirere (see inquire).
In Church history, inquisitors were appointed from 382 C.E. to root out heretics, and the Inquisition refers to the ecclesiastical court (Congregation of the Holy Office) appointed 13c. by Innocent III to suppress heresy. It never operated in Britain. The capital letter form appeared in English only after c. 1500, and usually refers to the office's reorganization 1478-1483 in Spain as what is commonly called the Spanish Inquisition.
雙語例句
- 1. The Spanish Inquisition charged him with sinning against God and man.
- 西班牙宗教法庭指控他褻瀆上帝和人類。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. What is this? The Spanish Inquisition?
- 這是怎么回事？嚴刑逼供嗎？
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The police subjected him to an inquisition that lasted two hours.
- 警察對他進行了持續(xù)兩小時的盤問.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. In the Middle Ages there was the Inquisition.
- 在中世紀里,發(fā)生過宗教迫害.
來自英漢文學
- 5. The Inquisition had tortured rich and poor alike.
- 宗教法庭對西面里人不分貧富,統(tǒng)統(tǒng)嚴刑拷打.
來自教父部分