solicit
/səˈlɪsɪt/verb
(solicited, soliciting)with obj.
1- ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone请求; 乞求得到（某物）; 征求：
he called a meeting to solicit their views
他召集了一个会议来征求他们的意见
no obj. don't solicit for money.不要乞求金钱。
1.1
- ask (someone) for something征求; 请教：
historians and critics are solicited for opinions by the auction houses.
拍卖行征求历史学家和评论家们的意见。
1.2
- no obj. accost someone and offer one's or someone else's services as a prostitute拉客, 拉皮条：
as noun soliciting although prostitution was not itself an offence, soliciting was.尽管卖淫本身不是犯罪, 但拉客是。
派生词
solicitation
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare 'agitate'， from sollicitus 'anxious'， from sollus 'entire'+citus （past participle of ciere 'set in motion'）.