woo

Word family adjectivewooablenounwooerwooingverbwooadverbwooingly

woo /wuː/ verb [transitiveT]

1 PERSUADEFRIENDto try to persuade someone to do something such as buy something from you, vote for you, or work for you – used in news reports 极力劝说〔某人做某事〕，争取…的支持，拉拢〔用于新闻报道〕

the Party’s efforts to woo working class voters

该党拉拢工薪阶层选民的努力

2. old-fashionedMARRY to try to persuade a woman to love you and marry you 向〔女子〕求爱；求婚 SYN court

Examples from the Corpus

woo• But Cassie was far too angry to be wooed.• For a certain period Mr Sammler lad resisted such physical impressions-being wooed almost comically by momentary and fortuitous sweetness.• When I woo her, as perhaps I mean to do, I shall be more than her equal.• Bosses defied the law to woo last-minute Christmas shoppers from Oxford Street rivals.• San Diego city librarians will not be the only suitors wooing the computer magnate.• Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power.• Colleges have been aggressively wooing the top African-American and Hispanic students.• Microsoft apparently put little effort into wooing them.

Origin woo

Old English wogian

单词	woo
释义	woo Word family adjectivewooablenounwooerwooingverbwooadverbwooingly woo /wuː/ verb [transitiveT] 1 PERSUADEFRIENDto try to persuade someone to do something such as buy something from you, vote for you, or work for you – used in news reports 极力劝说〔某人做某事〕，争取…的支持，拉拢〔用于新闻报道〕 the Party’s efforts to woo working class voters 该党拉拢工薪阶层选民的努力 2. old-fashionedMARRY to try to persuade a woman to love you and marry you 向〔女子〕求爱；求婚 SYN court Examples from the Corpus woo• But Cassie was far too angry to be wooed.• For a certain period Mr Sammler lad resisted such physical impressions-being wooed almost comically by momentary and fortuitous sweetness.• When I woo her, as perhaps I mean to do, I shall be more than her equal.• Bosses defied the law to woo last-minute Christmas shoppers from Oxford Street rivals.• San Diego city librarians will not be the only suitors wooing the computer magnate.• Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power.• Colleges have been aggressively wooing the top African-American and Hispanic students.• Microsoft apparently put little effort into wooing them. Origin woo Old English wogian
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