inquisition

inquisition
noun

a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation
盘问；详尽探究
she relented in her determined inquisition and offered help.
她决意要问个水落石出，后来却不再追究，主动提出帮忙。
■(historical)a judicial or official inquiry
(史)审问，审讯
■the verdict of a coroner's jury
验尸报告
(the Inquisition)an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX c.1232 for the suppression of heresy. It was active chiefly in northern Italy and southern France, becoming notorious for the use of torture. In 1542 the papal Inquisition was reinstituted to combat Protestantism, eventually becoming an organ of papal government
宗教裁判所，异端审问（约于1232年由罗马教皇格列高利九世为镇压异端而成立，主要活跃于意大利北部和法国南部，因使用严刑拷问而臭名昭著；1542年，为了与新教抗衡重新建立了教皇的宗教法庭，最终成为教廷的一个机构）。参见 Spanish Inquisition

派生
inquisitional
adjective
语源

late Middle English (denoting a searching examination): via Old French from Latin inquisitio(n-) 'examination', from the verb inquirere (see enquire)

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