canvasser是什么意思？

canvasser

英['kænvəsə(r)] 美['kænvəsə(r)]

• n. 检票员，游说者，推销员；

复数：canvassers;

动词：canvass;

例句

• It'seems the canvasser was once a general. 那位推销员好像原来是一位将军.
• Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house -- a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day " drummers. ”这人是为生产厂家 推销 产品的旅行推销员,当时刚刚流行把这类人称作“皮包客. ”

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  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.
  例句
  I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party... 我在为保守党拉选票。
• VERB
  征询,征求(公众意见)
  If you canvass public opinion, you find out how people feel about a particular subject.
  例句
  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。 The poll canvassed the views of almost eighty economists. 民意调查征询了将近80位经济学家的意见。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
  2. someone who examines votes at an election
  3. someone who conducts surveys of public opinion;
  "a pollster conducts public opinion polls""a headcounter counts heads"
  4. a person who takes or counts votes