打听的英文：
ask about
inquire about

参考例句：

Did you find out about the trains to Manchester?
关于开往曼彻斯特的火车，你打听清楚了没有?

For sade:small black armchair.Enquire within.
待售:一把小的黑色扶手椅。请进屋打听。

Always prying into the affairs of others.
总是打听别人的事情

Mouse about for sensational news
四下打听耸人听闻的消息

Inquire a matter of sB.
向某人打听一件事

Inquire about trains to London
打听去伦敦的火车

Mother is pricing rugs.
妈妈在打听小地毯的价格。

She' s always so curious about my work.
她总爱打听我的工作。

a keyhole investigator
一个暗暗打听的调查人员

She likes to inquire upon her neighbours
她喜欢打听邻居的情况。

ask是什么意思：
v.[T]
1. 问；询问[+wh-]
2. 请求；要求[+to-v][+that]
3. 索（价）；要求得到(+for/of)
4. 邀请
v. [I]
1. 问；询问；问候(+about)
2. 要求；请求(+for)

Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.
爱情要求忠诚，忠诚要求坚定。

Never ask questions which are not supposed to be asked.
永远不要去问不该问的问题。

Ask that lady to help you.
请那位小姐帮你忙吧。

about是什么意思：
prep. 关于；大约；从事于；在…到处
adv. 附近
adj. 在附近的；即将...的

There was nobody about.
附近没有人。

Stereotypes about adultery are as common as research about it is flaky.
奇怪的是：这种陈词滥调和关于通奸的研究一样普遍。

She has a complex about rats.
她对老鼠有病态恐惧。

inquire是什么意思：
v. 询问，查询；调查

I inquired politely.
我客气地问道。

He is really an inquiring reporter.
他真是一个爱打听的记者。

The Magistrate will inquire into the causes of this riot
地方行政长官将调查这次骚乱的原因。