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

• They then solicit help, using click-to-call and co-browsing, from a customer service rep.
  然后，他使用点击呼叫和共同浏览功能从一位客户服务代表那里寻求帮助。
• A description of work to be done that is used to solicit bids from potential service providers.
  对需要完成的工作进行描述，以便潜在的服务提供商为其投标。
• The committee may solicit and accept on behalf of the trustee donations and bequests to the fund.
  委可代表受人徵求和接受基金的捐及。
• Through prayer, we solicit aid from divine power.
  通过祈祷，我们恳求来自神圣力量的帮助。
• Solicit a continuance of customer's patronage.
  敬请顾客继续惠顾。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We solicit a continuance of your patronage.
  恳请继续对我们赞助。
• Promote semiconductor solutions to corporate customers& solicit customer design-in activities.
  促进公司客户的半导体解决方案，并寻求来自客户的新的设计需求。