Canvass

['kænvəs]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign.

哈利整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.

(n.) To examine by discussion; to debate.

(n.) To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.

(v. i.) To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for.

(n.) Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes.

(n.) Examination in the way of discussion or debate.

(n.) Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc.

艾拉編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Debate, discuss, dispute, agitate, ventilate, controvert.[2]. Investigate, examine, scrutinize, sift, study, consider, follow up, inquire into.[3]. Bespeak the votes of, solicit votes from.

n. [1]. Discussion, debate, dispute.[2]. Examination, scrutiny, sifting.[3]. Solicitation of votes.

休整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Question, Investigate, challenge, test, dispute, solicit, sift, examine,discuss, apply_for, request

ANT:Pretermit, allow, ignore, disregard, admit, pass, misexamine, misinvestigate

乔斯林編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to sift examine: to discuss: to solicit votes contributions &c.—v.i. to solicit votes &c. (with for).—n. close examination: a seeking or solicitation.—n. Can′vasser.

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