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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He canvassed the district for votes.
  他在选区里游说拉票。
• 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 city council canvassed the plan thoroughly.
  市议会详细讨论了那个计划。
• I canvassed the views of our members about the suggestions.
  我征询会员们对建议的看法。
• 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。