Solicit
[ sə'lɪsɪt ]
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vt.& vi. 恳求;征求;提起;（指娼妇）拉客;
💡 词根助记
soli(whole)+cit(to call)→恳求；引诱；拉客
📝 例句
We solicit you for your favours.
敬希惠顾。
To solicit a judge means to offer him bribes.
引诱法官就是给予贿胳。
He had to solicit the assistance of Sir Nicholas Fitzwhiggin and Mr Towers.
他还不得不去要求尼古拉斯·菲茨惠金爵士和托尔斯先生给予他帮助。
We respectfully solicit your continuous patronage.
恭请继续光顾。
As you know, it is our style to try to solicit suggestions from below.
如你所知，我们的工作作风是设法鼓励下面提出建议。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ so-这么,licit-合法的:这么合法的事,还要恳求领导吗
※ solicit-拉客,solicitous-十分关心的:拉客的妓女好像十分关心人似的
※ so-因此,licit-合法的:有些国家的法律允许妓女存在,因此拉客行为是合法的
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-voc-表示“呼喊”
常见变体有-vok-
📖 牛津释义
solicit
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sb) (for sth); ~ (sth) (from sb) (fml 文) ask (sb) for (eg money, help, votes) earnestly; try to obtain (sth) 恳求（某人）给予（钱、 帮助等）; 向（某人）拉（选票）; 设法获得（某事物）
solicit (sb) for money/solicit money (from sb) 向（某人）要钱[（向某人）要钱]
solicit information about the new motorway 探询新的高速公路的情况
Both candidates solicited my opinion. 两位候选人都来向我徵求意见.
2 [I, Tn] (of a prostitute) make a sexual offer (to sb), esp in a public place （指妓女）拉（客）（尤指在公共场所）
She was fined for soliciting. 她因拉客而被罚款.
🔁 扩展释义
*[sә'lisit]vt. 请求, 乞求, 招揽, 征求vi. 请求, 乞求, 招揽, 征求【经】 请求, 要求, 恳求
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Front... knees up, knees up.
前踢， 膝盖抬高。
It's a matter of life and death.
事关生死。
I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.
便来到楼下坐在电视机前假装看书。