单词	woo
释义	woowoo /wuː/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwoo Origin: Old English wogian Verb Table VERB TABLE woo Simple Form Present I, you, we, they woo he, she, it wooes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they wooed Present perfect I, you, we, they have wooed he, she, it has wooed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had wooed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will woo Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have wooed Continuous Form Present I am wooing he, she, it is wooing you, we, they are wooing Past I, he, she, it was wooing you, we, they were wooing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been wooing he, she, it has been wooing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been wooing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be wooing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been wooing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Colleges have been aggressively wooing the top African-American and Hispanic students. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Bosses defied the law to woo last-minute Christmas shoppers from Oxford Street rivals. But Cassie was far too angry to be wooed. For a certain period Mr Sammler lad resisted such physical impressions-being wooed almost comically by momentary and fortuitous sweetness. Microsoft apparently put little effort into wooing them. San Diego city librarians will not be the only suitors wooing the computer magnate. Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power. When I woo her, as perhaps I mean to do, I shall be more than her equal. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► attempt · His attempt to woo the West Bank has definitively failed. ► effort · Microsoft apparently put little effort into wooing them.· Apple cut prices by as much as 25 percent in December in an effort to woo holiday buyers.· Tempers flared as each man dashed from one campaign appearance to the next in a last-minute effort to woo New Yorkers.· A producer had fed them silly in an effort to woo them to do a film.· With every letter she tried to top her last efforts and woo him with wit. ► voter · Buchanan, by contrast, has waged a vigorous Arizona campaign, wooing voters with his anti-immigrant, anti-corporate and anti-Washington themes. VERB► try · Stop trying to woo youngsters with the 25 and 45.· The evil sorcerer had been trying to woo the princess, but she remained loyal to her husband.· The very existence of the Mac fanatics fueled the resistance of those whom Apple was most trying to woo. 1to try to persuade someone to do something such as buy something from you, vote for you, or work for you – used in news reports:  the Party’s efforts to woo working class voters2old-fashioned to try to persuade a woman to love you and marry you SYN  court
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