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

• 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。
• For the next three days the CIA planners canvassed alternative landing sites.
  在会后的三天里，中央情报局的策划者们仔细地研究了可供选择的登陆地点。
• The city council canvassed the plan thoroughly.
  市议会详细讨论了那个计划。
• He canvassed for a seat in Parliament.
  他为竞选国会议员席位进行游说。
• The salesman canvassed the whole city for subscriptions of the magazine.
  推销员走遍全城找人订阅杂志。
• He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.
  他仔细查阅报纸，寻找招工广告。
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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 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。