interrogate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they interrogate | |
| he / she / it interrogates | |
| past simple interrogated | |
| past participle interrogated | |
| -ing form interrogating |
- interrogate somebody
to ask somebody a lot of questions over a long period of time, especially in an aggressive way 讯问；审问；盘问 He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了 12 个多小时。 Soon after we arrived, I was interrogated about my parents and our home life. 我们到达后不久，就有人向我盘问起我的父母和我们的家庭生活。
- interrogate something (specialist)
to obtain information from a computer or other machine （在计算机或其他机器上）查询，询问
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin interrogat- ‘questioned’, from the verb interrogare, from inter- ‘between’ + rogare ‘ask’.