英英释义
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网络解释
noun
一. a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
Synonym: canvas
二. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
e.g. the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
Synonym: canvas
三. an oil painting on canvas fabric
Synonym: canvas
四. a tent made of canvas fabric
Synonym: canvas tentcanvas
五. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Synonym: sailcanvassheet
六. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
Synonym: pollopinion pollpublic opinion poll
七. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
e.g. the crowded canvas of history
the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
Synonym: canvas
verb
一. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
e.g. analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
analyze your real motives
Synonym: analyzeanalysestudyexaminecanvas
二. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Synonym: pollcanvas
三. solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Synonym: canvas
一. 游说;拉选票
If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.
e.g. I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party...
我在为保守党拉选票。
二. 征询,征求(公众意见)
If you canvass public opinion, you find out how people feel about a particular subject.
e.g. Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
国会议员这个周末要向所在选区的选民征求意见。
e.g. The poll canvassed the views of almost eighty economists.
民意调查征询了将近八零位经济学家的意见。
一.
一. 细查：canvass for 游说 | canvass 细查 | canvasser 游说者
二. 考察：canvas hose 帆布水龙带 | canvass 考察 | canyon bench 峡谷阶地
三. canvass的意思
三. 游说 推销：borne 结果,产生支付 | canvass 游说,推销 | caption 字幕,标题
四. 民意调查：canvas 画布 | canvass民意调查 | census户口普查
经典引文
It was canvassed and criticised sentence by sentence.
出自：DisraeliWe canvass our public wants to see where happiness can be improved.
出自：J. K. GalbraithHis first act..had been to canvass Ed. Robinson's views.
出自：P. G. Wodehouse近义词
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