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canvasser

/kan-vuhs/US // ˈkæn vəs //UK // (ˈkænvəs) //

拉票人,拉票员,拉票者,拉票的人

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
    • : to examine carefully; investigate by inquiry; discuss; debate.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to solicit votes, opinions, or the like.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a soliciting of votes, orders, or the like.
    • : a campaign for election to government office.
    • : close inspection; scrutiny.

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Examples

  • A canvasser will knock on their door and ask voters to sign the card.

  • He noted that the turnout promoting effect of a canvasser knocking on a door decays within ten days to be almost minimal.

  • I hit the streets of San Francisco with canvasser Cynthia Ford, who began collecting signatures for the group in March.

  • I needn't have taken the job of canvasser in the first place.

  • Then he saw that she was very young and modest, with none of the assurance of a canvasser, so he gave her a chance to speak.

  • He represents that vast army of electors whom neither canvasser nor caucus has ever yet cajoled or bullied into a polling-booth.

  • The relation of this subject to the book canvasser is extremely suggestive.

  • A fourth is a successful life-insurance canvasser, and has lately insured the lives of the other three.