question /ˈkwɛstʃən/ CET4 TEM4 ( questioning, questioned, questions )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A question is something that you say or write in order to ask a person about something. 问题

  例：

  They asked a lot of questions about China.

  他们问了许多有关中国的问题。

• 2. 

  V-T If you question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something. 询问

  例：

  This led the therapist to question Jim about his parents and their marriage.

  这让治疗师询问起吉姆关于其父母以及他们的婚姻情况。

• 3. 

  questioning N-UNCOUNT 询问

  例：

  The police have detained thirty-two people for questioning.

  警方拘留了32个人进行审问。

• 4. 

  V-T If you question something, you have or express doubts about whether it is true, reasonable, or worthwhile. 怀疑

  例：

  It never occurs to them to question the doctor's decisions.

  他们从来没有想到去怀疑那个医生的决定。

• 5. 

  N-SING If you say that there is some question about something, you mean that there is doubt or uncertainty about it. If something is in question or has been called into question, doubt or uncertainty has been expressed about it. 疑问; 不确定

  例：

  There's no question about their success.

  他们毫无疑问会成功。

  例：

  Her political future is in question.

  她的政治前途还是个疑问。

  例：

  My integrity has been called into question by people who have never spoken to me.

  我的正直品行竟遭到素昧平生之人的质疑。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A question is a problem, matter, or point which needs to be considered. (需考虑的) 问题

  例：

  But the whole question of aid is a tricky political one.

  但是整个援助问题是个棘手的政治问题。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT The questions on an examination are the problems that test your knowledge or ability. 试题

  例：

  That question did come up on the test.

  那道题真的在试卷上出现了。

• 8. 

  → see also questioning

• 9. 

  PHRASE The person, thing, or time in question is one which you have just been talking about or which is relevant. 正被提及的; 有关的

  例：

  Add up all the income you've received over the period in question.

  把相关时期内你获得的所有收入加起来。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you say that something is out of the question, you are emphasizing that it is completely impossible or unacceptable. 完全不可能的; 不能接受的 [强调]

  例：

  For the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question.

  对于无家可归的人来说，私人医疗保健简直就是天方夜谭。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you pop the question, you ask someone to marry you. 求婚 [非正式]

  例：

  Stuart got serious quickly and popped the question six months later.

  斯图尔特很快认真起来，6个月后就求婚了。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If you say there is no question of something happening, you are emphasizing that it is not going to happen. …是不可能的 [强调]

  例：

  There was no question of my blaming Janet.

  我不可能责备珍妮特。