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canvass

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can·vass /ˈkænvəs/ verb   canvas
1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PGBBVOTE/ELECT to try to persuade people to support a political party, politician, plan etc by going to see them and talking to them, especially when you want them to vote for you in an election 游说,拉选票
 Candidates from all three parties were out canvassing in Darlington today.
三个政党的候选人今天都在达灵顿拉选票。
canvass for
 Chapman spent the rest of May canvassing for votes.
查普曼用五月份余下的时间拉选票。
 The US has been canvassing support from other Asian states.
美国一直游说其他亚洲国家,寻求支持。
2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to ask people about something in order to get their opinion or to get information 调查(民意);寻访〔以获得信息〕
 Police canvassed the neighborhood, but didn’t find any witnesses.
警方走访了这一地区,但找不到任何目击者。
3 [transitiveT]PGBBASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to talk about a problem, suggestion etc in detail 〔详细〕讨论
 A committee was set up to canvass the city’s educational options.
成立了一个委员会来讨论该市的教育选择问题。
canvasser noun [countableC]
canvass noun [countableC]
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From Longman Business Dictionary
canvasscan·vass /ˈkænvəs/ verb [transitiveT]MARKETING
1to ask people about something in order to get their opinion or to get information
People were canvassed for their opinions on the scheme.
canvasser noun [countableC]
You may get a brief visit from a canvasser.
2to try to persuade people to support someone or something
The US has been canvassing support from other Asian countries.
Origin canvass
(1500-1600) canvass to throw up in the air from a canvas sheet as a game or punishment ((16-17 centuries)), from canvas
can·vass verb
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