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

• He canvassed for a seat in Parliament.
  他为竞选国会议员席位进行游说。
• 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。
• 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 city council canvassed the plan thoroughly.
  市议会详细讨论了那个计划。
• 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 sales representative canvassed the whole city for subscriptions of the magazine.
  销售代表整个城市，为的是让大家订阅他们的杂志。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。