n.

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

   我受到税务稽查员长时间的查问。

2. 【律】审讯；书面裁决[C][U]
3. （大写）（中世纪天主教审判异端的）宗教法庭[the S]；宗教裁判[C]
4. 恣意镇压；严密审讯[C][U]
   an inquisition into the life of a dissenter

   对一个持不同政见者一生的严密审讯

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.