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

• 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 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。
• He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.
  他仔细查阅报纸，寻找招工广告。
• We canvassed the leading experts on what happy people have in common& and why it's worth trying to become one of them.
  我们征询权威专家：快乐的人有什么共同点，以及我们为什么要成为他们中的一员？
• The survey, which canvassed the views of nearly 40,000 people in 39 countries, found a majority of respondents expected China, now the world's second biggest economy, to take top slot.
  这项调查，征询了39个国家近40000人的意见，发现多数受访者期待中国，现在世界第二大经济，来跃居榜首。
• The fifth choice was more difficult, so I canvassed suggestions from readers of my blog.
  第五项却不太好选，于是我在自己的博客上征求读者意见。
• 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。
• People are being canvassed for their views on the proposed new road.
  正在就计划修建的新道路征求人们的意见。
• 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。
• Shareholders have been canvassed by BHP advisers, including Merrill Lynch.
  包括美林（MerrillLynch）在内的必和必拓顾问一直在游说力拓股东。