canvass
canvass 英 [ˈkænvəs] 美 [ˈkænvəs]
vt. 细究；彻底检查；向…拉票或拉生意 vi. 游说；拉选票 n. 讨论；细查；劝诱
进行时:canvassing 过去式:canvassed 过去分词:canvassed 第三人称单数:canvasses 名词复数:canvasses
- A canvass is a poll, usually a political one. Around elections, political parties often canvass particular neighborhoods, looking for votes and trying to measure the pulse of the people.
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- vt. 细究；彻底检查；向…拉票或拉生意
- vi. 游说；拉选票
- n. 讨论；细查；劝诱
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1. The company directed me to travel into the wilderness by boat to canvass the resident natives.
公司指示我坐船进入一片荒野，去游说当地居民。
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2. Every day, auxiliary nurses like Ms. Jadhav canvass villages to disseminate information about family planning and solicit new couples for the honeymoon package.
像贾达夫女士这样的辅助护士每天的任务就是向村民游说，向他们宣传计划生育的理念，并招徕新婚夫妇加入蜜月一揽子计划。
- canvass (v.) c. 1500, "toss in a canvas sheet," from alternative spelling of canvas (n.). From "toss in a canvas sheet for the purpose of sifting" the meaning was extended figuratively to "shake out, examine carefully" (1520s). From thence (though the sense-leap is less clear) to "solicit votes or test support before an election" (1550s). Compare Old French canabasser "to examine carefully," literally "to sift through canvas." The spelling with a double -s- dates from 16c. and is useful to distinguish it from the other word. Related: Canvassed; canvassing. As a noun, "a soliciting of votes or testing of support," from c. 1610s.
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