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

• India responded to this challenge with an army of more than 2 million vaccinators, who canvassed every village, hamlet and slum.
  印度配备了200多万人的接种员队伍以应对这一挑战，他们走遍了每个村庄、聚落和贫民窟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In those days, this matter of slavery had never been canvassed as it has now.
  那时候，奴隶制度这个问题从来没有人像今天这样深入探讨过。
• The city council canvassed the plan thoroughly.
  市议会详细讨论了那个计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.
  他仔细查阅报纸，寻找招工广告。
• 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。