woo

英 [wuː]

美 [wuː]

v.  争取…的支持; 寻求…的赞同; 追求(异性); 求爱

过去分词：wooed　现在分词：wooing　第三人称单数：woos　过去式：wooed　

高考GRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.9768 / COCA.8645

牛津词典

verb

• 争取…的支持；寻求…的赞同
  to try to get the support of sb
  1. Voters are being wooed with promises of lower taxes.
     通过许诺减低税收争取选民。
• 追求（异性）；求爱
  to try to persuade a woman to love him and marry him

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

verb

• make amorous advances towards
  1. John is courting Mary
  Synonym:courtromancesolicit
• seek someone's favor
  1. China is wooing Russia
  Synonym:court

双语例句

• I think you should woo me first.
  我认为你应该先追我。
• That I should woo in scorn?
  我的求爱是一种嘲笑呢？
• My husband also goes to Dr Woo for sinus problems, which were chronic, and now negligible.
  我的丈夫也去了吴博士那，是因为他有慢性鼻炎的缘故，不过现在几乎没事了。
• They woo us with sweet nothings and leave us unsatisfied, guilt-ridden and10 pounds heavier.
  他们用甜言蜜语讨好我们，留给我们的是不满，内疚和重了10磅。
• Straightaway I began to woo her.
  我立刻开始向她求爱。
• This time, always ineloquent of John Woo, but very embarrassed.
  这下，素来不善言辞的吴宇森可是相当不好意思。
• Such wrong, as when a married man doth woo.
  这就像结了婚的男人还在求爱。
• Haier is also aiming for younger trendsetters and has won design awards with which to woo them.
  海尔也瞄准了比较年轻的潮流引领者，并赢得了一些设计奖项，来博取这些人的青睐。
• Gee Woo: I guess I misheard?
  智宇：我想我听错了？
• They wooed customers by offering low interest rates
  他们靠提供低息来招揽客户。