canvass
معنی فارسی
راي جويي کردن جستجوي راي کردن بحث کردن (در) جمع آوري آراء
معنی کامل و مثالها
/kan´vǝs/vt., vi., n.
● (قدیمی - برای شوخی یا تنبیه) در پارچهی کرباس گذاشتن (در حالی که چندین نفر چهار طرف آن را گرفتهاند) و به بالا و پایین انداختن
● بررسی کردن (به ویژه بررسی تعرفههای انتخاباتی و آرای صندوق انتخابات)، دقیقا مورد بحث و حلاجی قرار دادن
● (برای همهپرسی یا جلب آرای مردم و غیره) خانه به خانه رفتن، تبلیغ انتخاباتی کردن، زمینهیابی کردن
I was canvassing in Jam street
من در خیابان جم تبلیغ انتخاباتی میکردم.
they were canvassing for Dr. Kamali
آنها به نفع دکتر کمالی فعالیت انتخاباتی میکردند.
● همهپرسی، پیشبینی نتیجهی انتخابات
this was the fullest house-to-house canvass I have ever seen
این کاملترین همهپرسی خانه به خانهای بود که من تا کنون دیدهام.
● برای جلب رای (و غیره) تلاش کردن، خواستار شدن، نظر خواهی کردن، همهپرسی کردن
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English 'canapacen', from Old French 'canapasser', from 'canevasse', meaning 'to examine carefully'.
مثال
- The politician went door-to-door to canvass for votes.
- The organization is canvassing the neighborhood for donations.
- They plan to canvass the entire city to gather public opinion.
تعریف انگلیسی
- an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) “Substance Meronyms: hemp”
- an oil painting on canvas fabric
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account “the crowded canvas of history” “the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound”
- a tent made of canvas fabric
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete “the boxer picked himself up off the canvas”
- get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody”
- solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody”
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning “analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare” “analyze the evidence in a criminal trial” “analyze your real motives” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
مترادفها
I. verb active
1. Debate, discuss, dispute, agitate.
2. Investigate, examine, scrutinize, sift, study, consider, follow up, inquire into.
3. Bespeak the votes of, solicit votes from.
II. noun
1. Discussion, debate, dispute.
2. Examination, scrutiny, sifting.
3. Solicitation of votes.