interrogation:指对某人进行审问/讯问,通常由警方、军方或其他权威机构在调查中提出一连串问题,以获取信息、澄清事实或确认嫌疑。(也可泛指较正式、较强势的“盘问”。)
/ɪnˌtɛrəˈɡeɪʃən/
The suspect asked for a lawyer during the interrogation.
嫌疑人在审讯过程中要求见律师。
After hours of intense interrogation, the witness finally clarified what she had seen that night, though some details remained uncertain.
经过数小时的高强度盘问,证人终于说明了她那晚看到的情况,但一些细节仍不确定。
源自拉丁语 interrogāre(询问、质问),由 **inter-**(在……之间、相互)+ rogāre(询问、请求)构成;后经法语进入英语,形成 interrogation,强调“连续发问、追问”的过程。