inquisitor

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈkwɪzɪtər/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈkwɪzɪtə(r)/
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noun
R

A person who asks many questions, often in a way that may seem pushy or intimidating.

The inquisitor grilled the witness with a barrage of questions.

審問者用一連串的問題仔細審問證人。

R

A person who was part of the Inquisition, a historical institution within the Roman Catholic Church that investigated heresy.

During the Middle Ages, the inquisitors of the Church were responsible for rooting out heresy.

在中世紀,教會的審判官負責鏟除異端。

translation

n. 盤問者, 宗教法庭審判官

詞形變化

Plural inquisitors