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TOEFL BNC: 14421 COCA: 7716

solicit

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so·li·cit /səˈlɪsɪt/ verb  
1  [intransitiveI usually progressive]SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to offer to have sex with someone in exchange for money 〔卖淫者〕拉客
 She was arrested for soliciting.
她因拉客卖淫被逮捕。
2  [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formalASK A QUESTION to ask someone for money, help, or information 请求；恳求；乞求
 Morgan is accused of illegally soliciting campaign contributions.
摩根被指控非法征募竞选捐款。
solicit something from somebody
 The governor sent two officials to Mexico City to solicit aid from the president.
州长派出两名官员去墨西哥城向总统求助。
3  [intransitiveI, transitiveT] American EnglishAmEBBT to try to sell a product or service by taking it to homes or businesses and showing it to the people there 〔上门〕招揽〔生意〕，兜销
 No soliciting on company premises is allowed.
公司场地内禁止推销。
Examples from the Corpus
solicit• Financial donations are also being solicited.• Sneed, who works nights, spent the days soliciting business for the magazine.• Certain federal employees are forbidden to solicit campaign funds.• Now producers sit around, make up a topic and then solicit for it.• Jennifer White Dove smiled at him again, almost soliciting his interest.• But Forbes did remarkably well for a nerdish unknown, so Dole now solicits his thoughts on jazzing up his tax platform.• Rosen said he never personally solicited the man as a client or knew of any solicitation by one of his partners.• Two households signed the contract when the cable company solicited them.
solicit something from somebody• School officials have been soliciting ideas from parents.
From Longman Business Dictionary
solicitso·li·cit /səˈlɪsɪt/ verb [transitiveT]
1formal to ask someone for information or help
She called meetings to solicit the views of her staff.
2disapproving to ask someone for money
solicit something from somebody
He admitted that he solicited $34 million from 1,000 investors.
3American EnglishAmE to sell something by taking orders for a product or service, usually by going to people’s houses or businesses
The office products supplier regularly solicits business in North Dakota.
—solicitation noun [countableC, uncountableU]
direct mail solicitations
door-to-door solicitation
Origin solicit
(1400-1500) Old French solliciter “to disturb, take charge of”, from Latin sollicitare, from sollicitus; → SOLICITOUS
so·li·cit verb
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TOEFL BNC: 14421 COCA: 7716
solicit

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤actively積極地請求◇She had actively solicited funds for her election campaign.她曾積極地為自己的競選活動籌募資金。PREPOSITION➤for請求給予⋯◇Local companies were solicited for money.當地公司被請求提供贊助。➤from向⋯請求◇She solicited support from other teachers.她向其他老師尋求支持。
TOEFL BNC: 14421 COCA: 7716
TOEFL BNC: 14421 COCA: 7716

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