canvass

美 [ˈkænvəs]英 [ˈkænvəs]
  • v.拉票;游说;调查(民意);征求(意见);拉选票;详细(或彻底)讨论;努力争取支持
  • n.讨论;检票员,游说者;细查;劝诱

复数: canvasses 派生词: canvass n.;canvasser n. 过去式: canvassed 现在分词: canvassing 过去分词: canvassed 第三人称单数: canvasses

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verb

1

游说;拉选票
to ask sb to support a particular person, political party, etc., especially by going around an area and talking to people

He spent the whole month canvassing for votes.

他花了整整一个月四处游说拉选票。

Party workers are busy canvassing local residents.

党务工作者正忙于游说当地居民。

2

调查(民意);征求(意见)
to ask people about sth in order to find out what they think about it

He has been canvassing opinion on the issue.

他一直在征求对这个问题的意见。

People are being canvassed for their views on the proposed new road.

正在就计划修建的新道路征求人们的意见。

3

努力争取支持
to try and get support from a group of people

4

详细(或彻底)讨论
to discuss an idea thoroughly

The proposal is currently being canvassed.

目前人们正在详细讨论这个提案。

5


to carry out a canvass

拉选票

6


canvass

频次

  • 1
    VERB 游说;拉选票
    If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.

    I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party...

    我在为保守党拉选票。

  • ...a Conservative canvasser.

    保守党说客

  • 3
    VERB 征询,征求(公众意见)
    If you canvass public opinion, you find out how people feel about a particular subject.

    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。

noun

1
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
Synonym: canvas
2
the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
Synonym: canvas
3
an oil painting on canvas fabric
Synonym: canvas
4
a tent made of canvas fabric
Synonym: canvas tent canvas
5
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Synonym: sail canvas sheet
6
an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
Synonym: poll opinion poll public opinion poll
7
the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
the crowded canvas of history
the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
Synonym: canvas

verb

1
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
analyze your real motives
Synonym: analyze analyse study examine canvas
2
get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Synonym: poll canvas
3
solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Synonym: canvas

数据来源:WordNet

  1. The party needs to canvass the uncommitted voters .

    这个党需要向未表明态度的选民游说拉票。

  2. Mr. Airey Neave volunteered to set up an organisation to canvass votes .

    艾雷·尼夫先生自告奋勇建立了一个拉票组织。

  3. Party workers are busy canvassing local residents .

    党务工作者正忙于游说当地居民。

  4. He spent the whole month canvassing for votes .

    他花了整整一个月四处游说拉选票。

  5. The proposal is currently being canvassed .

    目前人们正在详细讨论这个提案。

  6. 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。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. I 'm canvassing for the Conservative Party

    我在为保守党拉选票。

  10. Immediately after this meeting I began my canvass of friends and colleagues .

    在这次会见之后,我立即开始征求我的朋友和同事们的意见。

  11. After canvassing the sentiments of his constituents , the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district .

    这位议员在调查了他所在选区的选民的意见之后深信,他是能代表大多数选民的意见。

  12. I will canvass the floors before I start painting the walls .

    开始粉刷墙壁之前,我会详细检查地板。

  13. He canvasses by singing , and the votes have really increased a lot .

    他唱歌为自己拉票,票数还真是增长了不少呢

  14. Even the canvasses on the restaurant 's walls are up for sale .

    连餐厅墙上的绘画作品也能出售

  15. I 'm canvassing for the Conservative Party .

    我在为保守党拉选票

  16. The party decided to canvass for support of its new policy .

    党决定争取民众对它的新政策的支持。

  17. The essay includes literature outline , clinical research , mechanism canvass .

    本论文包括文献综述、临床研究及机理探讨三部分内容。

  18. People are being canvassed for their views on the proposed new road .

    正在就计划修建的新道路征求人们的意见。

  19. Your life is like a canvass where your activities are recorded .

    你的生命像是一场竞选,你的行动是被记录的。

  20. They decided to canvass opinion before making a final decision .

    他们决定在作出最后决定之前,广泛征求意见。

  21. The home secretary has been canvassing support for his new crime bill .

    内政大臣一直在为新的犯罪法案寻求支持。

  22. 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。

  23. You can canvass me as long as you want .

    你可以游说我,只要你想要。

  24. Strategists ' canvassing has an important inspiration significance to today .

    策士游说对我们今天的说服传播有着重要启迪意义。

  25. Meantime the subject of the arrest was being canvassed in every different form .

    这时,对被捕这件事大家都在议论纷纷。

  26. Chapter four canvasses theories on cultural differences .

    第四章介绍了文化差异方面的相关理论。

  27. Namely , it now provides facilities for drawing text on a canvass surface .

    也就是说,它现在提供了在canvass表面上绘制文本的能力。

  28. 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。

  29. I will tell you one neighborhood he is not canvassing

    我就告诉你有个地方他没来拉票

  30. I canvassed the views of our members about the suggestions .

    我征询会员们对建议的看法。