单词inquisition
n.: （尤指 15 到 17 世纪天主教的）宗教裁判所；一连串的提问
网络: 调查；宗教法庭；异端审判
（尤指 15 到 17 世纪天主教的）宗教裁判所，异端裁判所:
the organization set up by the Roman Catholic Church to punish people who opposed its beliefs, especially from the 15th to the 17th century
一连串的提问；（尤指）盘问，责难:
a series of questions that sb asks you, especially when they ask them in an unpleasant way
【法律】讯问,审理;调查[审查]报告书
(对于被认为是危险分子的)恣意镇压,严厉刑罚
〔律〕询问,审理
(中世纪天主教审判异端的)宗教法庭
调查报告
复数：inquisitions
n.inquiryinquestinvestigationexaminationinterrogation
By the beginning of the 20th century, there were less than a few hundred SS soldiers still assigned to the Holy Inquisition.
到了20世纪初期，还有少数几百人的党卫军战士依旧被分派给这个神圣宗教法庭。
Under duress from the Inquisition in 1633, Galileo recanted his theory that the earth revolves around the sun.
一六三三年，伽利略在宗教裁判所的威逼之下，宣布放弃自己的地动论。
Rarely touched the text, let alone in my life have taken place in the "literary inquisition. "
很少触及文字，更何况在我的生活中也发生了“文字狱”。
Galileo , he had the Inquisition so he had to be a little bit more polite .
伽利略，受宗教裁判所的压力，他必须稍微礼貌一些。
An inquisition which announces on Saturday shows young man over 25 years of age in England became to depend on the parents" generation.
星期六公布的一份调查显示，英国25岁以上的年轻人成了依靠父母的一代。
I was subjected to a lengthy inquisition into the state of my marriage and the size of my bank balance.
有关方面就我的婚姻状况以及银行存款余额对我进行了详细的调查。
Literary inquisition in the Qing Dynasty is known as its large number, its large scale, and its great cruelty.
清代文字狱以次数多，规模大，惩处之残酷著称于世。
Inquisition of the Medieval Ages devised many demoniac means of torture.
中世纪的宗教法庭创造了许多骇人听闻的酷刑。
I was subjected to a lengthy inquisition into the state of my bank balance.
有关方面就我的银行存款余额对我进行了详细的调查。
Could the Inquisition be a real predecessor of modern totalitarianism?
嗯，比如，宗教裁判所可不可以是现代极权主义的真正前身呢？