英语单词 | woo |
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英美音标 | 英 [wuː] 美 [wuː] |
中文释义 | v.寻求支持;求爱;求婚 |
英语例句 | (1) His efforts to woo her to his side proved fruitless. (2) He wooed and won her. (3) I will never try to woo someone with fine car or gift. (4) He wooed four girls before finally marrying one. |
中文例句 | (1) 他试图说服她站到自己一边的努力徒劳无功。 (2) 他向她求爱成功而结婚。 (3) 我绝不会用香车和礼物来求婚。 (4) 他在结婚之前曾向四个姑娘求过婚。 |
vocabulary简明 | When you woo someone, you are being charming because you think that it will make them love you more. You want to win their heart, so you woo them, you flirty dog you. |
vocabulary扩展 | Poetry is a great way to woo someone, because who could resist such beautiful words? Wooing requires a romantic heart and a lot of focused attention on the person you desire. But wooing isn’t always just done for love, and you can woo someone because you want their support, like when a rock band woos a record label to release their album, or wooing your grandmother because you need to borrow some money. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]寻求,争取(支持、选票等) If you woo people, you try to encourage them to help you, support you, or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like. [V n] [V n with adv]
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2 [VERB 动词]追求(女人);向(女人)求爱(或求婚) If a man woos a woman, he spends time with her and tries to persuade her to marry him. [V n] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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