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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 city council canvassed the plan thoroughly.
  市议会详细讨论了那个计划。
• 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 salesman canvassed the whole city for subscriptions of the magazine.
  推销员走遍全城找人订阅杂志。
• 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 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。