Gossip may also simply be a way to gather useful and helpful information about our social worlds without direct and embarrassing inquiry.

闲话同样可能只是一种搜集社会世界中有用信息的方式，这无需进行直白、尴尬的询问。

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The Power inquiry teamed up with a London council to give local residents a direct role in setting the following year's budget.

“权力寻求”与一个伦敦的委员会合作，给予当地居民直接参与制定下一年年度预算的身份。

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All related information of the required data may be obtained through one direct location, which improved the inquiry efficiency greatly.

并且通过一次定位即可查询到与数据相关的所有信息，极大地提高了数据访问效率。

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In February 1974, the House voted to direct the House Judiciary Committee to conduct an inquiry into impeachment.

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As the curricula of American universities and as the research agendas migrate closer and closer and closer to the private sector there is less and less room and less and less incentive and less and less money available to pursue the more basic inquiry and the more basic research that may be unrelated to any direct application.

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