Definition

1. Verb:
   • To ask many questions in quick succession, to question persistently: "hỏi dồn" describes the action of asking someone a rapid series of questions, often in a pressing or insistent manner, giving them little time to answer.

Usage Instructions

• Grammar: "hỏi dồn" is a transitive verb. It requires an object (the person being questioned). The structure is "hỏi dồn ai đó" (to assail someone with questions).
• Context: Used in situations where someone is being questioned intensely, aggressively, or without pause. It often implies pressure or an interrogation-like atmosphere.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Phóng viên hỏi dồn diễn viên về scandal mới. (The reporter assailed the actor with questions about the new scandal.)
  • Đừng hỏi dồn nó như thế, hãy để nó suy nghĩ đã. (Don't ply him with questions like that, let him think first.)
  • Cô giáo hỏi dồn học sinh khiến em ấy lúng túng. (The teacher fired questions at the student, making him flustered.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị hỏi dồn": to be subjected to persistent questioning.
  • Nhân chứng bị hỏi dồn bởi cảnh sát. (The witness was assailed with questions by the police.)
• "hỏi dồn hỏi ép": an intensified phrase meaning to question very aggressively and coercively.
  • Anh ta bị hỏi dồn hỏi ép cho đến khi thú nhận. (He was grilled with questions until he confessed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hỏi cung (verb): to interrogate (often in a legal or police context).
  • Cảnh sát đang hỏi cung nghi phạm. (The police are interrogating the suspect.)
• Tra hỏi (verb): to question, to interrogate (can be formal or intense).
  • Họ tra hỏi tôi về sự việc. (They questioned me about the incident.)
• Chất vấn (verb): to question, to interpellate (often in a formal, public, or parliamentary setting).
  • Đại biểu Quốc hội chất vấn Bộ trưởng. (The National Assembly delegate questioned the Minister.)

Synonyms

• Tra khảo: to interrogate, to question (can imply torture or very harsh questioning).
• Gạn hỏi: to question thoroughly, to probe.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Hỏi đi hỏi lại: to ask repeatedly, over and over.
  • Cô ấy hỏi đi hỏi lại cùng một câu hỏi. (She asked the same question over and over.)

Related Idioms

• Vặn hỏi: to question and cross-examine tightly.
  • Thẩm phán vặn hỏi bị cáo về các chi tiết. (The judge cross-examined the defendant tightly about the details.)

1. Assail (ply) (somebody) with questions