canvass

verb

1. 游说；拉选票
   to ask sb to support a particular person, political party, etc., especially by going around an area and talking to people
   1. He spent the whole month canvassing for votes.
      他花了整整一个月四处游说拉选票。
   2. Party workers are busy canvassing local residents.
      党务工作者正忙于游说当地居民。
2. 调查（民意）；征求（意见）
   to ask people about sth in order to find out what they think about it
   1. He has been canvassing opinion on the issue.
      他一直在征求对这个问题的意见。
   2. People are being canvassed for their views on the proposed new road.
      正在就计划修建的新道路征求人们的意见。
3. 努力争取支持
   to try and get support from a group of people
4. 详细（或彻底）讨论
   to discuss an idea thoroughly
   1. The proposal is currently being canvassed.
      目前人们正在详细讨论这个提案。

1. VERB 游说;拉选票
   If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.
   1. I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party...
      我在为保守党拉选票。
2. VERB 征询,征求(公众意见)
   If you canvass public opinion, you find out how people feel about a particular subject.
   1. Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
      国会议员这个周末要向所在选区的选民征求意见。
   2. The poll canvassed the views of almost eighty economists.
      民意调查征询了将近80位经济学家的意见。

1. I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party
   我在为保守党拉选票。
2. Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
   国会议员这个周末要向所在选区的选民征求意见。
3. The poll canvassed the views of almost eighty economists.
   民意调查征询了将近80位经济学家的意见。
4. Immediately after this meeting I began my canvass of friends and colleagues.
   在这次会见之后，我立即开始征求我的朋友和同事们的意见。
5. The company directed me to travel into the wilderness by boat to canvass the resident natives.
   公司指示我坐船进进一片荒野，往游说当地居民。
6. I'll get my deputies to canvass the areas.
   我会派下属调查整个地区。
7. The Labour candidate will canvass the constituency next month.
   工党候选人下月将向全体选民游说拉票。
8. Your life is like a canvass where your activities are recorded.
   你的生命像是一场竞选，你的行动是被记录的。
9. To canvass or poll using a questionnaire.
   用一组问题来讨论或访问意见。
10. No candidate shall circularise or canvass in writing other Members in respect of any such election.
    选举过程中，任何候选人不得传阅或书面游说其他会员。
11. The party decided to canvass for support of its new policy.
    党决定争取民众对它的新政策的支持。
12. We still have half that neighborhood to canvass.
    我们还有一半的街区要细查。
13. We are canvass, canvasing for the Republican candidate.
    我们在为共和党候选人拉票助选。
14. Will you please canvass your market ( buyers, customers) for orders?
    请向你方市场（买主，客户）兜揽定货。
15. Fushi Chenzhou Ecological Industrial Park is endeavoring to attract more supporting projects by taking business to canvass business.
    富士郴州生态工业园采取以商招商模式吸引配套项目入驻；
16. Against the background to canvass the model of project management of government investment, a model that can distinguish the main factors in process control is provided and its application is analysed.
    摘要以政府投资项目管理模式的探讨为背景，提出了在过程控制中主因素的识别模型，并进行了应用分析。
17. They decided to canvass opinion before making a final decision.
    他们决定在作出最后决定之前，广泛征求意见。
18. He visited Spain to canvass Spanish opinion.
    他访问西班牙以徵求西班牙的意见。
19. Special campaigns and promotional visits to targeted trades and government departments were made to canvass vacancies and widen the employment opportunities of job-seekers with disabilities.
    此外，该科也举办特别活动，并派员到指定行业和政府部门进行推广性质的探访，以游说雇主提供职位空缺，增加残疾人士的就业机会。
20. Make a canvass of the neighborhood It is not allowed to approach the forbidden area.
    在邻近地区进行游说这里是禁区不许接近。
21. The FBI has begun a nationwide canvass of shops of scuba diving gear, requesting them to report any suspicious students or customers.
    联邦调查局已经开始在全美各地游说潜水用具店，要求他们报告任何可疑的学员或顾客。
22. Make a canvass of the neighborhood
    在邻近地区进行游说
23. Make a canvass of the neighborhood He canvassed the district for votes.
    在邻近地区进行游说他在选区里游说拉票。
24. Towards that end, I would suggest that the director-general canvass as many members as he can, starting with the US and the EU, in support of the following four-part arrangement.
    为朝着这一目标努力，我建议拉米应该尽力游说尽可能多的成员国，首先从美国和欧盟开始，支持下文包含四个部分的协议。
25. We have well established channels of distribution and we canvass the retailers direct, without any middlemen.
    我们有良好的销售渠道，不通过任何中间商直接向零售商推销。
26. We expanded the canvass a few more blocks.
    我们扩展了搜寻的范围，再多几个街区。
27. You can canvass me as long as you want.
    你可以游说我，只要你想要。
28. Alice sees her as a blank canvass waiting to become a work of art.
    爱丽丝把她看作一张空白的画布，等着要她把变成一幅艺术品。
29. Our next move was the canvass, and with a distinct woman's platform we took the field.
    我们下一步就是去拉票，把我们独特的妇女政纲带到民间。
30. What did we find out from the neighborhood canvass?
    邻居那有什么发现？

noun

1. a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

   Synonym:    canvas

2. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
   1. the boxer picked himself up off the canvas

   Synonym:    canvas

3. an oil painting on canvas fabric

   Synonym:    canvas

4. a tent made of canvas fabric

   Synonym:    canvas tentcanvas

5. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

   Synonym:    sailcanvassheet

6. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

   Synonym:    pollopinion pollpublic opinion poll

7. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
   1. the crowded canvas of history
   2. the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound

   Synonym:    canvas

verb

1. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
   1. analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
   2. analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
   3. analyze your real motives

   Synonym:    analyzeanalysestudyexaminecanvas

2. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

   Synonym:    pollcanvas

3. solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

   Synonym:    canvas