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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was busy canvassing before the election.
  在大选前，他在忙着拉选票。
• Each election produces one canvassing encounter that sticks in the memory.
  每次选举总发生一场令人难忘的竞选角逐。
• He is canvassing for the conservative candidate.
  他正在替保守党候选人奔走拉票。
• 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。
• This speech caps a month of canvassing.
  这场演讲结束了一个月来的游说。
• From a distance, the legions of search teams canvassing the flattened terrain here resemble a colony of white ants crawling over dirt.
  从远处看，正在彻查土地的军团搜救小组想是一群爬行在污垢上的白蚁，这块土地几乎被夷为平地。
• 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。