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单词 woo
释义
woo
verb[T]
uk
/wuː/us
/wuː/
present participlewooing|past tense and past participlewooed
totrytopersuadesomeone tosupportyou or to useyourbusiness:
争取；努力说服
Thepartyhas beentryingto woo thevoterswithpromisesofelectoralreform.该政党承诺进行选举改革以争取选民的支持。
Theairlinehas beenofferingdiscountedticketsto woopassengersawayfromtheircompetitors.这家航空公司一直在出售打折机票以从竞争对手那里争取乘客。
old-fashioned
If a man woos a woman, he gives her a lot ofattentionin anattempttopersuadeher tomarryhim:
（男子）向…求爱，向…求婚
He wooed her formonthswithflowersandexpensivepresents.他用鲜花和昂贵的礼物追求了她好几个月。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
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  • blagger
  • chivvy
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  • induce
  • inveigle
  • jolly
  • lean
  • lean onsomeone/something
  • miseducate
  • miseducation
  • overencourage
  • soft sell
  • urge
  • work onsomething
  • wrap
  • wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
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(Definition ofwoofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

woo| American Dictionary

woo
verb[T]
us
/wu/
present tensewoos|present participlewooing|past tense and past participlewooed
totrytopersuadesomeone tosupportyou:
Acandidatemust woovotersby making themfeelimportant.
datedTo woo someone is totrytopersuadethatpersonthat you are a goodpersontomarry.
(Definition ofwoofrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

woo| Business English

woo
verb[T]
uk
/wuː/us
wooing|wooed|wooed
totrytopersuadeaparticulargroupofpeopletosupportyou or useyourbusiness:
woo sb away from sthTheairlinewasheavilydiscountingfaresto woopassengersaway fromtheircompetitors.
woo sb with sthThe team's newownershopeto woodisappointedfanswith severalhigh-profileplayers.
Lin istryingtoclearher company'slegalstatusas shewoosinvestors.
if onecompanywoos another, themainshareholdersin the firstcompanytalkto those in the second about thepossibilityof amergerorfriendlytakeover:
Cadbury wooed the Americanfirmfor adecadeuntil itagreedto bebought.
(Definition ofwoofrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwoo

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In attempts towooback the audiences the theatre has a new prize-draw campaign: you can win a car by purchasing theatre tickets!
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Private hospitals, in turn,woopowerful politicians and bureaucrats by treating them as very important patients, often free of cost.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What is to surround the finished human being as an object, has to be acquired and wooed strenuously by him while he is still developing.
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By adamandy refusing their lovers' wooing they make desire an end in and of itself.
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And populist rhetoric was borne in an endeavour towoothe people.
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The great museums turned their backs on the citizens and wooed the tourists instead.
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But she insists that he will regret it if he woos her.
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Factional bosses have no less desire for the top prizes, but the new rules should give them fewer resources with which towoofollowers in pursuit of those prizes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It can be summed up by saying that it is a survival package, a series of sops towoothe nationalists.
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The parties are well aware of that effect of multiple registration, sowoothe second home voters deliberately.
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I suggest that this is no example with which towooa young person into gainful employment.
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I believe in a sustained period of wooing before relationships are entered into.
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Today the graduate in science and mathematics is wooed by almost every profession, except one.
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It is unfortunate for them, because often minority parties find people wooing them and seeking their support.
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If production is primarily the function of capital, capital must be wooed.
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