| 单词 | solicitation |
| 释义 | solicitation (once / 2272 pages) n Solicitation is a request for something, usually money. If you buy a fancy new house, expect a phone call from the local charity with a solicitation for a donation. Solicitation comes from solicit, which means "to request," or "to entreat." So solicitation is the act of requesting. There are three kinds of solicitation. One is asking for money, as when your solicitation to your parents to buy you a car. The second is when a prostitute solicits potential customers. The last is when you make a plea to someone with power, to grant a request or favor, like your solicitation to the traffic judge to dismiss your ticket. WORD FAMILYsolicitation: solicitations+/solicit: solicitation, solicited, soliciting, solicitor, solicits/solicited: unsolicited/solicitor: solicitors, solicitorship/solicitorship: solicitorships/unsolicited: unsolicitedly USAGE EXAMPLESIf convicted of solicitation to commit first-degree murder, she could be sentenced up to 20 years. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) A Clarksville city ordinance passed in October has made solicitation and hand-to-hand transactions on the side of the road illegal. Washington Times(Nov 26, 2016) Last year, when the Army issued solicitations for a new edition of the common ground system, it specifically excluded Palantir and other off-the-shelf providers. Washington Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1n an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status a solicitation to the king for relief Hypo|Hyper beggary, begging, mendicancy a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) touchthe act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) importunity, urgency, urginginsistent solicitation and entreaty appeal, entreaty, prayer earnest or urgent request 2n request for a sum of money Syn|Hypo|Hyper appeal, collection, ingathering whip-round (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose petition, postulation, request a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority 3n the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) Syn|Hyper allurement enticement, temptation the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire |
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