canvassing

英 [ˈkænvəsɪŋ]

美 [ˈkænvəsɪŋ]

v.  游说; 拉选票; 调查(民意); 征求(意见); 努力争取支持
canvass的现在分词

现在分词：canvassing　

BNC.34383 / COCA.42481

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。

英英释义

noun

• persuasion of voters in a political campaign
  Synonym:electioneeringbell ringing

双语例句

• They continued to play very little part in their mother's political life, and were never hawked about the streets canvassing.
  他们与母亲的政治生活基本上没有什么关系，从来没有在大街上散发过竞选材料。
• During Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a cloth store at Yunmeng County of Hubei Province, for canvassing investors, they employed a cook to cook meal for investors.
  清道光年间，湖北云梦县有一布行，为了招揽客商，聘请了一位厨师专为来往客商烹制饭菜。
• What I expect Mr Lamy will find, in the process of canvassing WTO members, is that the US, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and a number of other countries would want to move towards free trade immediately.
  我预计，拉米在游说世贸组织成员国时将会发现，美国、欧洲、加拿大、墨西哥、澳大利亚、智利、新西兰、新加坡以及许多其它国家会希望迅速推进自由贸易。
• It is seeking to limit excessive risk-taking by bankers and is canvassing tougher oversight of complex firms.
  它寻求限制银行家的过度冒险行为，并游说上层，以便对复杂公司实施更为严厉的监管。
• I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party
  我在为保守党拉选票。
• Six of the 18 judges will also be replaced, in a ballot preceded by an unseemly round of bargaining and canvassing.
  在一轮容易遭到非议的交易与游说之后，也将通过投票替换18名法官中的6名。
• He has been canvassing opinion on the issue.
  他一直在徵求对这个问题的意见。
• It was, he says, merely a way of canvassing public opinion.
  他说，这不过是一种讨论公共问题的方式罢了。
• The prime minister has spent the day canvassing in doncaster.
  首相在唐卡斯特游说了一天。
• I saw her father with his rosette on, canvassing for the Conservatives
  我看见她父亲戴着玫瑰花结，正在为保守党游说拉票。