一日一词【26】canvass

canvass

canvass是西方民主国家的常用诩，意思为“go round a particular area trying to persuade people to vote for a particular candidate(为某个候选人拉选票而向选民游说)。以下是一些常见的词语：

to canvass a place 在某地进行游说
to canvass for someone 为某人拉选票
house-to-house canvassing 挨家挨户地游说

请特别注意，canvass的结尾有两个“s”，如果漏写一个，就成了canvas(帆布)。它们完全是不同的单词。

canvass还表示“争取(支持)”和“征询(民意)”之意。例如：

The party decided to canvass for support of its new policy.
党决定 争取民众对它的新政策的支持。

They decided to canvass opinion before making the final decision.
他们决定在作出最后决定之前先征询一下民意。