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

• 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。
• 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。
• He canvassed the district for votes.
  他在选区里游说拉票。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。