canvass

[US]/ˈkænvəs/
[UK]/ˈkænvəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 彻底检查 向…拉票或拉生意
vi. 游说
n. 讨论 细查 劝诱
Word Forms
现在分词canvassing
第三人称单数canvasses
复数canvasses
过去式canvassed
过去分词canvassed

Phrases & Collocations

conduct a canvass

进行拉选票活动

Example Sentences

canvass a district for votes

为争取选票在选举区举行游说

they're canvassing support among shareholders.

他们设法在股东中间获得支持。

the door had been canvassed over.

门被盖上帆布。

early retirement was canvassed as a solution to the problem of unemployment.

提前退休被作为一种解决失业问题的途径得到了讨论。

the issues that were canvassed are still unresolved.

曾被全面讨论的问题仍悬而未决。

they promised to canvass all member clubs for their views.

他们许诺将征求所有成员俱乐部的意见。

in each ward, two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters.

两位工作者在每个选区拉了大约2,000张选票。

He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.

他仔细查阅报纸, 寻找招工广告。

I exscind my skin ,in order to canvass my heart,a vivid heart,a bloody heart,an entire heart.

我割开肌肤,为了细察我的心,一颗鲜活的心,一颗血淋淋的心,一颗完整的心。

Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house--a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day “drummers.

” 这人是为生产厂家推销产品的旅行推销员,当时刚刚流行把这类人称作“皮包客。”

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