canvass
                
          英 ['k?nv?s]
美 ['k?nv?s]
        
                
          
            - vt. 細究;徹底檢查;向…拉票或拉生意
- vi. 游說;拉選票
- n. 討論;細查;勸誘
 
        
                
                助記提示
        
        1. from alternative spelling of canvas (n.) and probably meaning, originally, "to toss or sift in a canvas sheet," hence "to shake out, examine carefully" (1520s); "to solicit votes" (1550s).
2. canvas => canvass => canvasser.
                中文詞源
        
        canvass 游說,拉選票來自canvas, 原指用帆布篩選種子等,后指針對特定人進行游說,拉選票。
 
                英文詞源
        
        - canvass (v.)
- c. 1500, from alternative spelling of canvas (n.) and probably meaning, originally, "to toss or sift in a canvas sheet," hence "to shake out, examine carefully" (1520s); "to solicit votes" (1550s). The spelling with a double -s- dates from 16c. Compare Old French canabasser "to examine carefully," literally "to sift through canvas." Related: Canvassed; canvassing. As a noun related to this, attested from c. 1600.
雙語例句
        
        - 1. The party needs to canvass the uncommitted voters.  
- 這個黨需要向未表明態度的選民游說拉票。
來自《權威詞典》
 
- 2. Mr. Airey Neave volunteered to set up an organisation to canvass votes. 
- 艾雷·尼夫先生自告奮勇建立了一個拉票組織.
來自辭典例句
 
- 3. The Labour candidate will canvass the constituency next month. 
- 工黨候選人下月將向全體選民游說拉票.
來自辭典例句
 
- 4. Immediately after this meeting I began my canvass of friends and colleagues. 
- 在這次會見之后,我立即開始征求我的朋友和同事們的意見.
來自辭典例句
 
- 5. During a canvass of the neighborhood we collected 200 dollars for the school. 
- 在鄰近地區的一次募捐,我們為學校募得了二百美元.
來自辭典例句