wooing

英 [ˈwuːɪŋ]

美 [ˈwuːɪŋ]

v.  争取…的支持; 寻求…的赞同; 追求(异性); 求爱
woo的现在分词

现在分词：wooing　

BNC.39157 / COCA.33079

柯林斯词典

• VERB 寻求,争取(支持、选票等)
  If youwoopeople, you try to encourage them to help you, support you, or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like.
  1. They wooed customers by offering low interest rates...
     他们靠提供低息来招揽客户。
  2. They are trying to woo back electoral support.
     他们正试图赢回选民的支持。
• VERB 追求(女人);向(女人)求爱（或求婚）
  If a manwoosa woman, he spends time with her and tries to persuade her to marry him.
  1. The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny.
     这位一文不名的作家向范妮求爱成功，和她结了婚。

英英释义

noun

• a man's courting of a woman
  1. its was a brief and intense courtship
  Synonym:courtshipcourtingsuit

双语例句

• There were the wooing nights of tropical lands and the cool discretion of flowering plains between two stalwart hills.
  在两座壮健的山岗之间，有热土般的求欢之夜，和有如开着花朵的平原般的冷静判断。
• By wooing the neglected peasant base, he ( possibly unwittingly) uncorked long bottled-up tensions.
  通过争取被忽视的农民的支持，他（可能不经意间）释放了长期被抑制的紧张。
• You had no right wooing him away from the company.
  你没有权力劝他离开公司。
• His cries were unheeded; Shaw's neglected one-act comedy,` A Village Wooing '; her ignored advice.
  他的哭泣并未被注意到；萧伯纳忽视了独幕喜剧，'乡村的追求'；她的被忽视的忠告。
• Then he would wait no longer, but flew away, to commence his wooing at once.
  当他从她得不到半个字的回答的时候，就不再愿意问了。他飞走了，并且立刻开始他的求婚活动。
• It is very competitive, everyone is wooing Chinese companies.
  竞争很激烈，人人都在向中国企业示好。
• Other agencies are now wooing informants, too.
  其他机构也对告密者求贤若渴。
• She now assiduously set about wooing the chauvinist editors of Fleet Street.
  这时候，她千方百计地争取舰队街那些盲目爱国的编辑们。
• Little wonder that fashion brands, hyper-aware of the paparazzi attention devoted to the new stars and their influence, have been wooing them not only to wear their clothes, but help make them.
  一点也不奇怪的是，各大时装品牌非常透彻地意识到了狗仔队对于新明星及其影响力的关注，他们不仅恳求这些新星穿着自己品牌的服装，而且帮助明星们制作服装。
• Both Clinton and Obama are wooing several hundred of the so-called super-delegates party officials and officeholders who remain uncommitted and have the power to support either candidate.
  克林顿和奥巴马都在寻求几百位所谓的超级代表的支持，他们是党内官员和民选官员，都不必承诺支持特定候选人，有权在代表大会上投任何一方的票。