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

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