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 the district for votes.
  他在选区里游说拉票。
• Since October, the number of people he canvassed who said they could afford to buy major appliances the common denominator of the middle income in Russia fell by 7 per cent.
  自去年10月起，莱温松的调查人群中，表示自己能买得起大件家电俄罗斯中等收入的通常衡量标准的人数下降了7%。
• When I finally had to wind it up in1926, I again canvassed the stores but also made the rounds of all the cottages on a retail basis.
  当我在1926年决定结束这项事业时，我再一次走访了所有的店铺，但同时也走巷串户展开零售。
• The city council canvassed the plan thoroughly.
  市议会详细讨论了那个计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。