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1、语境不同
inquiry一般指调查，enquiry一般指询问。比如court of inquiry指的是军事调查法庭，用作court of enquiry的话就不合适了。
而协助警方调查表达为to help the police with their inquiries，这里的inquiries用enquiries替代也不适合。
英文enquiry office或enquiry counter，一般指机构的询问处，称为inquiry office或inquiry counter的话就不合适了。
问汇率高低时，例句：I will make enquiries about the exchange rates，这里的enquiries也不适合改作inquiries。
2、属性不同
enquiry和inquiry只是在写法上的不同，一个是英式英语，一个是美式英语，可以参考牛津第6版的字典，上面没有明说两者的区别。
3、用法不同
inquiry 是近代演变来的，用法比较随意，在日常生活中用得比较多，还有就是美国人拼写喜欢用i,所以在美国英语里用inquiry比较符合他们的习惯；
在英国英语里，两个词不是完全同义，enquiry是指问问题，inquiry是指比较正式的调查质询，所以如果只是问问题，用enquiry比较好。
毕竟希兮
英 [ɪn'kwaɪərɪ]美 [ɛnˈkwaɪri, ˈɛnkwəri]
第三人称复数：enquiries
名词 查询; 询问; 调查; 问讯处
enquiry 相关例句
名词
1. After months of enquiry we finally discovered the truth.
经过几个月调查，我们最后发现了真相。
2. An official enquiry into the incident was launched.
官方对这一事件进行了调查。
3. Thank you for your enquiry / enquiries about my health.
谢谢你问候我的健康情况。
1. Some local authorities may prefer a categorical negative answer to any such speculative enquiry.
2. On Tuesday an enquiry was launched after hackers pirated the computer system at the French laboratory.
3. The arraigned man did not cooperate with Zhao because he was tired of enquiry procedures and showed his indifference to each question the prosecutor asked.
4. Such an enquiry has nothing to do with any " state secret ".
5. The harassed attendants behind the airport enquiry counters directed irritated passengers to the ticket sales counters.
6. Enquiry services for ticket and other information at five MTR stations will be outsourced to cope with staff shortage after the new line opens.
7. Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee disclosed the figures on Wednesday, in response to a legislator's enquiry about pickpocketing activities targeting the more valuable smart phones.
8. A good place for America's President to begin his enquiry is with some of the editorial pages from America's leading newspapers.
9. He asked for help from a receptionist at the enquiry desk but was told to call 999.
1. For more information on these or other Triton products please complete our Enquiry Form.
欲了解更多信息或其他海卫产品请填写我们的查询表格。
2. It is a counterpoised enquiry into a theory whatever conceive cannot be true, but some concord cannot be ignored.
这是对于一个从很多方面来说不能全信，但又不能被忽视的.理论的一场没有偏向的调查。
3. We hope to receive your specific enquiry at an early date.
我们希望早日收到你方的具体询价单。
4. Please let us have your specific enquiry if you are interested in any of the items listed in the catalogue.
我公司专营纺织品出口，很乐意在平等互利的基础上与贵公司关系。
5. We will send you our price list and samples to you as soon as we receive your specific enquiry.
一旦收到你方的具体查询，我们会尽快给你方发去价格表和样品。
6. S amples and quotations will be immediately sent to you upon receipt of your specific enquiry.
我们坚信与贵方的贸易有广阔的发展空间。
