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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Collins.1 / BNC.14421 / COCA.7716

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.
     妓女公开在街上拉客。
  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 (妓女)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.
     禁止妓女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

• Many legislators and deputies also use their microblog to solicit opinions for their motions or proposals.
  许多人大委员和代表们还用自己的微博来征求人们对其议案或建议的意见。
• The Committee may, from time to time, solicit and take on behalf of the trustee subscriptions and bequests to the fund.
  委员会可不时代表受托人征求和接受对基金的认捐及遗赠。
• We will solicit more financial resources for the Ping Wo fund for these purposes as and when necessary.
  如有需要，我们会为平和基金寻求更多财政资源，以供上述用途。
• Solicit a continuance of customer's patronage.
  敬请顾客继续惠顾。
• So you can solicit comments on an image this way.
  因此，你可以以这种方式来要求评论图像。
• The organization decided to solicit aid for the new campaign.
  该组织决定为这场新运动请求援助。
• He sent cards to all his constituents to solicit their views about his action.
  他向他所有的选民发出卡片，征求他们对他采取行动的意见。
• It is particularly important in the design and development of websites intended to solicit customers.
  它对于为了吸引顾客的网站设计和开发尤其重要。
• Solicit others for any purpose.
  为任何目的请求其它。
• We solicit a continuance of your patronage.
  恳请继续对我们赞助。