canvasser
n. 检票员,游说者,推销员
If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.
I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party...
我在为保守党拉选票。
If you canvass public opinion, you find out how people feel about a particular subject.
Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
国会议员这个周末要向所在选区的选民征求意见。
The poll canvassed the views of almost eighty economists.
民意调查征询了将近80位经济学家的意见。
1. a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
2. someone who examines votes at an election
3. someone who conducts surveys of public opinion;
4. a person who takes or counts votes
Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house -- a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day " drummers.
”这人是为生产厂家 推销 产品的旅行推销员,当时刚刚流行把这类人称作“皮包客. ”
It'seems the canvasser was once a general.
那位推销员好像原来是一位将军.