Solicit

[sə'lɪsɪt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) make a solicitation or petition for something desired; 'She is too shy to solicit'.

(verb.) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; 'He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents'.

(verb.) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; 'Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce'; 'My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities'.

手打:内蒂--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

(v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.

(v. t.) To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.

(v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.

(v. t.) To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.

校對:伍德罗

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Ask (earnestly), request (urgently), entreat, beg, pray, implore, crave, importune, beseech, supplicate, petition, conjure, press, urge, appeal to.[2]. Invite, summon.

埃塞雷德編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Entreat, beg, urge, pray, ask, crave, implore, importune

ANT:Demand, require, exact, claim

手打:内蒂

解釋/意思:

v.t. to ask earnestly: to petition: to seek or try to obtain: to disturb.—n. solicitation.—ns. Solic′itant one who solicits; Solicitā′tion a soliciting: earnest request: invitation; Solic′iting (Shak.) solicitation; Solic′itor one who asks earnestly: one who is legally qualified to act for another in a court of law esp. a court of equity: a lawyer who prepares deeds manages cases instructs counsel in the superior courts and acts as an advocate in the inferior courts; Solic′itor-gen′eral in England the law-officer of the crown next in rank to the attorney-general—in Scotland to the lord-advocate; Solic′itorship.—adj. Solic′itous soliciting or earnestly asking or desiring: very desirous: anxious: careful.—adv. Solic′itously.—ns. Solic′itousness Solic′itude state of being solicitous: anxiety or uneasiness of mind: trouble.

整理:罗莎