| 单词 | solicit |
| 释义 | solicit (once / 359 pages) v Solicit means to ask for. It is what those people on the street are doing, when they ask, "Do you have a moment to talk about the destruction of the planet?" They are soliciting donations for their cause. Solicit has an official sounding impressiveness to it––doesn't soliciting donations sound better than begging for money? It can also have a more sinister cast. "When the teacher left the room, two girls solicited their friends to throw all the textbooks out the windows, injuring members of the cheer squad below — where they were soliciting signatures for a petition banning smoking in the football locker rooms." WORD FAMILYsolicit: solicitation, solicited, soliciting, solicitor, solicits+/solicitation: solicitations/solicited: unsolicited/solicitor: solicitors, solicitorship/solicitorship: solicitorships/unsolicited: unsolicitedly USAGE EXAMPLESThey are soliciting funds on their web site. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) But more ideas will be solicited once a formal process is in place. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) In subsequent years, it has mushroomed into a decentralized global movement, with nonprofits of all types soliciting donations, promoting volunteerism and encouraging acts of kindness. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1v make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities Syn|Hypo|Hyper beg, tap quest seek alms, as for religious purposes canvas, canvasssolicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign buttonhole, lobbydetain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors circularizecanvass by using a questionnaire bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 2v make a solicitation or petition for something desired She is too shy to solicit Hyper ask make a request or demand for something to somebody 3v incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents Hyper cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner 4v make amorous advances towards Syn|Hypo|Hyper court, romance, woo chase, chase after pursue someone sexually or romantically displayattract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 5v approach with an offer of sexual favors he was solicited by a prostitute The young man was caught soliciting in the park Syn|Hyper accost, hook hook, snare entice and trap offer make available or accessible, provide or furnish |
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