Inquisition

Inquisition

英 [ɪŋkwɪ'zɪʃ(ə)n]
　　美 [,ɪnkwɪ'zɪʃən]

n. 調查；宗教法庭；審訊

中文詞源：

inquisition 盤問，責難

來自inquire,查詢，詢問，-s,過去分詞後綴。引申詞義盤問，責難。

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。

2. What is this? The Spanish Inquisition?
這是怎麼回事？嚴刑逼供嗎？

3. The police subjected him to an inquisition that lasted two hours.
警察對他進行瞭持續兩小時的盤問.

4. In the Middle Ages there was the Inquisition.
在中世紀裡,發生過宗教迫害.

5. The Inquisition had tortured rich and poor alike.
宗教法庭對西面裡人不分貧富,統統嚴刑拷打.