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单词 solicitation
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solicitation

/səlɪsɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n /
noun [mass noun]
1The act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone: he was a regular target for solicitation of funds [count noun]: people objected to receiving telephone solicitations...
  • In a 1998 solicitation, members were asked to list their favorite CDs of the year.
  • In any given week, we receive no fewer than 500 to 1,000 solicitations by artists and galleries interested in our representation.
  • The rest of the funding is raised through direct-mail solicitations and grant proposals.
2The act of accosting someone and offering one’s or someone else’s services as a prostitute: a woman arrested for solicitation...
  • This provision of the law is triggered only by an offer of sexual services or a solicitation to that end.
  • The result was that they couldn't scan their postings even for such nefarious, illegal material as child sex solicitation.
  • More telling might have been his arrest and incarceration in 1994 for child pornography charges and solicitation of young girls.
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