vặn hỏi
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Definition
Verb: - To grill, to question persistently: To interrogate or question someone in a thorough, insistent, and often forceful manner, seeking detailed answers or attempting to uncover specific information.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát vặn hỏi nghi phạm suốt ba giờ. (The police grilled the suspect for three hours.)
- Phóng viên vặn hỏi chính trị gia về vụ bê bối. (The reporter questioned the politician persistently about the scandal.)
- Giáo viên vặn hỏi học sinh để kiểm tra mức độ hiểu bài. (The teacher quizzed the student thoroughly to check their understanding of the lesson.)
Advanced Usage
- The verb "vặn hỏi" implies a more intense, detailed, and sometimes confrontational line of questioning than the neutral "hỏi" (to ask). It often suggests a determined effort to get to the truth or to test someone's knowledge or story.
Variants and Related Words
- Thẩm vấn (v): to interrogate (often in a formal or official context like police or legal proceedings).
- Chất vấn (v): to question, to interrogate (often used in formal contexts like parliamentary inquiries).
- Tra hỏi (v): to interrogate, to examine by questioning.
Synonyms
- To interrogate: To ask questions formally and systematically.
- To quiz: To question someone closely.
- To cross-examine: To question someone, especially in detail, to test answers given previously.
Related Idioms
- Vặn đi vặn lại: To ask the same question repeatedly, to go over and over a point.
- Ông ấy vặn đi vặn lại cùng một câu hỏi. (He kept asking the same question over and over.)
verb
- to grill, to question