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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• He canvassed the universities, the foundations, the press and politics.
  他详细了解了各大学、基金会，报界和政治团体。
• 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 subject should be uppermost in the thoughts, and canvassed often.
  选择朋友这个课题应该摆在思想的首位，常常加以讨论。
• 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 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 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。