solicit

• vt. 征求；招揽；请求；乞求
• vi. 征求；招揽；恳求；请求

来自拉丁语 sollicitare,打扰，麻烦，刺激，煽动，来自 sollus,整个的，全部的，词源同 solid,-cit, 召唤，使兴奋，词源同 cite,excite.后引申词义请求，恳求，以及俚语词义招嫖，拉客等。

1. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;

"Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"

"My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

2. make amorous advances towards;

"John is courting Mary"

3. approach with an offer of sexual favors;

"he was solicited by a prostitute"

"The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

4. incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination;

"He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"

5. make a solicitation or petition for something desired;

"She is too shy to solicit"

solicit

solicit: [15] The ultimate source of solicit is Latin sollicitus ‘agitated’, which also gave English solicitous [16]. It was a compound adjective, formed from sollus ‘whole’ (source also of English solemn) and citus, the past participle of ciēre ‘move’ (source of English cite, excite, etc) – hence literally ‘completely moved’.

From it was formed the verb sollicitāre ‘disturb, agitate’, which passed into English via Old French solliciter. By the time it arrived it had acquired the additional meaning ‘manage affairs’, which lies behind the derived solicitor [15]; and the original ‘disturb’ (which has since died out) gave rise in the 16th century to ‘trouble with requests’. French insouciant, borrowed by English in the 19th century, goes back ultimately to Latin sollicitāre.
=> cite, excite, incite, insouciant, solemn, solid

solicit (v.)

early 15c., "to disturb, trouble," from Middle French soliciter (14c.), from Latin sollicitare "to disturb, rouse, trouble, harass; stimulate, provoke," from sollicitus "agitated," from sollus "whole, entire" + citus "aroused," past participle of ciere "shake, excite, set in motion" (see cite). Related: Solicited; soliciting.

Meaning "entreat, petition" is from 1520s. Meaning "to further (business affairs)" evolved mid-15c. from Middle French sense of "manage affairs." The sexual sense (often in reference to prostitutes) is attested from 1710, probably from a merger of the business sense and an earlier sense of "to court or beg the favor of" (a woman), attested from 1590s.

They were planning to solicit funds from a number of organizations.

他们正计划向一些机构募集资金。

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Historians and critics are solicited for their opinions.

人们向历史学家和批评家征求意见。

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to solicit for money

筹款

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Prostitutes solicited openly in the streets.

妓女公开在街上拉客。

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the crime of soliciting

拉客卖淫罪

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[不可数名词, 可数名词](especially North American English)the solicitation of money for election funds

竞选资金筹集活动

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He's already solicited their support on health care reform...

他已就医疗改革问题请求他们的支持。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

No tuition was charged by the school, which solicited contributions from the society's members.

学校不收学费，所需资金向协会会员募集。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.

禁止妓女在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。

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We solicit your specific inquiry.

希望接到你们的具体询盘.

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May I solicit your advice on a matter of some importance?

我有一件要事可以请教你吗?

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Prepare and solicit competitive bids , quotations, and proposals with pertinent specifications, terms , and conditions.

准备并发出具有竞争性的报价或建议,附有相应的规格要求及条款.

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Journalists may not solicit advertisements in the name of news coverage.

新闻记者不得借采访名义招揽广告.

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We solicit you for your favours.

敬希惠顾.

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World leaders also to the citizens through the Internet to solicit opinions!

世界政要也是要通过网络向公民征求意见的!

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My job is to solicit votes from potential supporters.

我的工作是从潜在的支持者那里拉选票.

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Don't ever solicit me for money again.

不要再向我要钱了.

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This helps your ideas mature, renews your enthusiasm and allows you to solicit feedback.

这会帮助使你的创意更加成熟, 赋予你新的热情并且使你恳求意见的反馈.

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Salesmen find every way to solicit for customers.

推销员千方百计招揽顾客.

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A cost reduction program can be regarded as a continuous campaign to solicit change.

可以把降低成本规划看作是引发改革的一个不断继续的运动.

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I solicit responses from you in the comments or via email.

我恳请您通过留言或者电子邮件来回应我.

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Bausch & Lombs takeover agreement from Warburg Pincus allowed it to solicit other bids for 50 days.

华平创业投资有限公司达成以每股65美元的价格收购要约,但允许博士伦可以在50天之内寻找其他买家.

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We should often solicit opinions from the masses.

我们应该经常征求群众意见.

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However , prior to the submission, they shall solicit opinions of the auditees.

审计报告报送审计机关前, 应当征求被审计单位的意见.

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We thank you for the past favour, and solicit a continuance of the same.

谢谢你以往的照顾, 并恳请继续关照.

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Slang To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.

拉客,拉皮条:拉客. 用于拉皮条的人或妓女.

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The Rushworths were the only addition to his own domestic circle which he could solicit.

他唯一想使他的家庭与之来往的是拉什沃兹一家人.

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