solicit

solicit
(solicited, soliciting)
  1. [with obj.]ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone
    请求；乞求得到（某物）；征求
    he called a meeting to solicit their views.
    他召集了一个会议来征求他们的意见。
    [no obj.]don't solicit for money.
    不要乞求金钱。
    ■ask (someone) for something
    征求；请教
    historians and critics are solicited for opinions by the auction houses.
    拍卖行征求历史学家和评论家们的意见。
    ■[no obj.]accost someone and offer one's or someone else's services as a prostitute
    拉客，拉皮条
    [as noun soliciting]although prostitution was not itself an offence, soliciting was.
    尽管卖淫本身不是犯罪，但拉客是。
派生
solicitation
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare 'agitate', from sollicitus 'anxious', from sollus 'entire' + citus (past participle of ciere 'set in motion')
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