solicit

英 [səˈlɪsɪt]

美 [səˈlɪsɪt]

v.  索求，请求…给予(援助、钱或信息); 征求; 筹集; 招徕(嫖客); 拉(客)

现在分词：soliciting　过去分词：solicited　过去式：solicited　第三人称单数：solicits　

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牛津词典

verb

• 索求，请求…给予（援助、钱或信息）；征求；筹集
  to ask sb for sth, such as support, money, or information; to try to get sth or persuade sb to do sth
  1. They were planning to solicit funds from a number of organizations.
     他们正计划向一些机构募集资金。
  2. Historians and critics are solicited for their opinions.
     人们向历史学家和批评家征求意见。
  3. to solicit for money
     筹款
• 招徕（嫖客）；拉（客）
  to offer to have sex with people in return for money
  1. Prostitutes solicited openly in the streets.
     ***公开在街上拉客。
  2. the crime of soliciting
     拉客卖淫罪

柯林斯词典

• VERB 请求给予(金钱、帮助、支持等);征求(意见)
  If yousolicitmoney, help, support, or an opinionfromsomeone, you ask them for it.
  1. He's already solicited their support on health care reform...
     他已就医疗改革问题请求他们的支持。
  2. No tuition was charged by the school, which solicited contributions from the society's members.
     学校不收学费，所需资金向协会会员募集。
• VERB (***)拉客
  When prostitutessolicit, they offer to have sex with people in return for money.
  1. Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.
     禁止***在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。

英英释义

verb

• make a solicitation or petition for something desired
  1. She is too shy to solicit
• incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
  1. He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
• approach with an offer of sexual favors
  1. he was solicited by a prostitute
  2. The young man was caught soliciting in the park
  Synonym:hookaccost
• make a solicitation or entreaty for something
  1. Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
  2. My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
  Synonym:begtap
• make amorous advances towards
  1. John is courting Mary
  Synonym:woocourtromance

双语例句

• Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.
  禁止***在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。
• It is illegal for public officials to solicit gifts or money in exchange for favors
  公务员通过索要礼物或钱财作为为他人提供便利的交换是违法的。
• Through prayer, we solicit aid from divine power.
  通过祈祷，我们恳求来自神圣力量的帮助。
• Solicit others for any purpose.
  为任何目的请求其它。
• Solicit a continuance of customer's patronage.
  敬请顾客继续惠顾。
• A cost reduction program can be regarded as a continuous campaign to solicit change.
  可以把降低成本规划看作是引发改革的一个不断继续的运动。
• Seemed to solicit a smile and I moved on adorned in my new finery to the next control point.
  似乎征求一个微笑，我在我的新服饰装饰到下一个控制点移动。
• He said a lot of work has been done to solicit various opinions and wisdoms, winning a consensus.
  他说，《纲要》的编制做了大量的工作，征求了各方意见，集中了各方智慧，有了广泛的共识基础。
• Goods of new style solicit a lot of customers.
  新式商品招徕了众多顾客。
• Actively solicit feedback about how you and your actions are being perceived, Carucci advises.
  卡鲁奇建议：主动寻求其他人的反馈，了解他们如何看待你和你的行为。