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。
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。
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。
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%。
Chinese leaders have publicly canvassed a range of uses for the reserves, ranging from portfolio investments overseas to the purchase of so-called "strategic" resources and funding the local welfare system.
中国领导人已公开讨论过外汇储备的多种用途，包括海外组合投资，购买所谓的“战略”资源，以及为本国的社会福利体系提供资金等。
He canvassed for a seat in Parliament.
他为竞选国会议员席位进行游说。
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。
He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.
他仔细查阅报纸，寻找招工广告。
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 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。