canvass

1. V-I 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. 拉選票

I'm canvassing for the Republican Party. 我在爲(wèi)共和黨拉選票。

2. V-T If you canvass public opinion, you find out how people feel about a particular subject. 征求 (意見)

Members of Congress are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies. 國會議員利用周末在各自的選區(qū)征求意見。