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

• Chinese leaders have publicly canvassed a range of uses for the reserves, ranging from portfolio investments overseas to the purchase of so-called "strategic" resources and funding the local welfare system.
  中国领导人已公开讨论过外汇储备的多种用途，包括海外组合投资，购买所谓的“战略”资源，以及为本国的社会福利体系提供资金等。
• An army of salespeople canvassed the country to promote the new product.
  一大群推销员在全国扫街以推广新产品。
• The candidates canvassed right up to election day.
  候选人们直到选举日之前一直在游说拉票。
• He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.
  他仔细查阅报纸，寻找招工广告。
• 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。
• For the next three days the CIA planners canvassed alternative landing sites.
  在会后的三天里，中央情报局的策划者们仔细地研究了可供选择的登陆地点。
• 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。
• The evidence had been repeatedly canvassed in American courts.
  这项证据已经在美国法庭受到了一再的审视。
• I canvassed the views of our members about the suggestions.
  我征询会员们对建议的看法。