canvass
US
UK canvass vi: (solicit opinions or vote) (政治)
SC 游说，拉票 yóu shuì ，lā piào
The salesmen canvassed throughout the neighborhood to gauge interest in new Internet services.
canvass [sb] vtr: (solicit opinion or vote of)
SC 向…游说 xiàng yóu shuì
TC 向…遊說
TC 向…遊說
A swindler has been canvassing elderly people and tricking them into paying thousands of dollars.
骗子一直忽悠老人并骗取他们支付数千美元。
canvass [sth] vtr: (opinions: survey) (选民等)
SC 征求...意见
SC 民意调查 mín yì diào chá
TC 民意調查
TC 民意調查
We need to canvass a broader sample of the population to get a more accurate result.
我们需要征求更多人数的意见作为样本来得出较为准确的结果。