inquest
US: /ˈɪnˌkwɛst/
UK: /ˈɪnkwɛst/
UK: /ˈɪnkwɛst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
inquest /'inkwest/
- danh từ
- cuộc điều tra chính thức, cuộc thẩm tra chính thức (của toà án...)
- cuộc điều tra một vụ chết bất thường ((cũng) coroner's inquest); ban điều tra một vụ chết bất thường
- grand inquest of the nation
- hạ nghị viện Anh
- great (last) inquest
- (tôn giáo) phán quyết cuối cùng (của Chúa)
Advanced English dictionary
into sth)
1 an official investigation to find out the cause of sb's death, especially when it has not happened naturally: An inquest was held to discover the cause of death. + a coroner's inquest into his death + At the inquest they heard that the car had driven off after the accident.
2 a discussion about sth that has failed: An inquest was held on the team's poor performance.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
full | fresh | coroner's
VERB + INQUEST
conduct, hold | order
The court ordered a freshinquest into the tragedy.
| open | adjourn | attend
INQUEST + VERB
open | hear sth
An elderly woman froze to death, an inquest heard yesterday.
| decide sth, find sth
An inquest found that the deceased had died of a drugs overdose.
| return a verdict
The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.
INQUEST + NOUN
jury | verdict
PREP.
at a/the ~
A verdict ofsuicide was recorded at theinquest.
| ~ into
an inquest intothe team's poor performance
| ~ on
an inquest on three fishermen
