n.

1. 調查，查究[C][U][（+into）]
   I was subjected to a lengthy inquisition by the tax inspector.

   我受到稅務稽查員長時間的查問。

2. 【律】審訊；書面裁決[C][U]
3. （大寫）（中世紀天主教審判異端的）宗教法庭[the S]；宗教裁判[C]
4. 恣意鎮壓；嚴密審訊[C][U]
   an inquisition into the life of a dissenter

   對一個持不同政見者一生的嚴密審訊

n.

1. a period of prolonged and intensive questioning.
2. (the Inquisition) an ecclesiastical tribunal established c.1232 for the suppression of heresy, notorious for its use of torture.
3. historical a judicial or official inquiry.