Canvass

(verb.) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign.

哈利整理

• This was the first great political campaign for the Republicans in their canvass of 1864. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But this decisive victory was the most effective campaign argument made in the canvass. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The next step was to divide the region into a number of sub-districts and institute a house-to-house canvass to ascertain precisely the data and conditions pertinent to the project. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I had heard him speak in the canvass of 1858, possibly several times, but I had never spoken to him. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• So voluntarily, so freely, so coolly to canvass it! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• No one will canvass for this honour now--none envy my danger or labours. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• They appeared to be always excited about canvassing and electing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• We think so very differently on this point, Mr. Knightley, that there can be no use in canvassing it. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The marriages of either were discussed; and their prospects in life canvassed with the greatest frankness and interest on both sides. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The subject which had been so warmly canvassed between their parents, about a twelvemonth ago, was now brought forward again. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Probably no organized piece of machinery has ever been so systematically exploited, so thoroughly advertised, so persistently canvassed, and so extensively sold as the sewing machine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In those days, this matter of slavery had never been canvassed as it has now; nobody dreamed of any harm in it. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He had canvassed eagerly for this post. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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