Solicit



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.恳求, 教唆
• ［英］ v.恳求 ( to make petition to) ; 教唆 ( to entice into evil)
• ［记］ soli ( ＝sole惟一, 全部) ＋cit ( 引出) -> 引出某人做事 -> 教唆, 恳求
• ［同］ 派生词: solicitation ( n.恳求;教唆)
• ［例］ May I solicit your help?

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English, to disturb, promote, from Anglo-French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare to disturb, from sollicitus anxious, from sollus whole (from Oscan; akin to Greek holos whole) + citus, past participle of ciēre to move — more at safe, -kinesis
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to make petition to ; entreat
    • b. to approach with a request or plea <solicited Congress for funding>
  • 2. to urge (as one's cause) strongly
  • 3.
    • a. to entice or lure especially into evil
    • b. to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute
  • 4. to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas <solicited donations>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make solicitation ; importune
  • 2. of a prostitute to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money
• Synonyms: see ask

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