canvassed

英 [ˈkænvəst]

美 [ˈkænvəst]

v.  游说; 拉选票; 调查(民意); 征求(意见); 努力争取支持
canvass的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 游说;拉选票
  If youcanvass fora particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.
  1. I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party...
     我在为保守党拉选票。
• VERB 征询,征求(公众意见)
  If youcanvasspublic opinion, you find out how people feel about a particular subject.
  1. Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
     国会议员这个周末要向所在选区的选民征求意见。
  2. The poll canvassed the views of almost eighty economists.
     民意调查征询了将近80位经济学家的意见。

双语例句

• Since October, the number of people he canvassed who said they could afford to buy major appliances the common denominator of the middle income in Russia fell by 7 per cent.
  自去年10月起，莱温松的调查人群中，表示自己能买得起大件家电俄罗斯中等收入的通常衡量标准的人数下降了7%。
• The salesman canvassed the whole city for subscriptions of the magazine.
  推销员走遍全城找人订阅杂志。
• The city council canvassed the plan thoroughly.
  市议会详细讨论了那个计划。
• He canvassed the universities, the foundations, the press and politics.
  他详细了解了各大学、基金会，报界和政治团体。
• The missteps and frailties of every one else in the world were canvassed here with the most shameless publicity.
  在这里，人们毫无顾忌地公开谈论世上他人的失误和过失。
• The issue was also canvassed at a meeting of North and South-East Asian financial ministers earlier this year, who agreed to launch a study of the ACU.
  在今年初一次北亚及东南亚财长会议上，与会者对该问题进行了细致讨论，并同意启动对亚洲货币单位的研究。
• He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.
  他仔细查阅报纸，寻找招工广告。
• He canvassed the district for votes.
  他在选区里游说拉票。
• The salesmen canvassed the whole city for subscriptions. someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy.
  那些推销员走遍全城寻找客户。寻求类似或运用类比法进行推理的人。
• Make a canvass of the neighborhood He canvassed the district for votes.
  在邻近地区进行游说他在选区里游说拉票。