woo meaning in English
vt.
1.向…求婚，求爱。
2.追求(名誉、幸福等)。
3.招致，惹出(祸等)。
4.死乞白赖地请求；劝说，拉拢(人)(做某事，投入某项行动等)。 woo one's own destruction 自取灭亡。 woo sb. to do sth. 缠着某人要他做某事。 woo sb. to an action 死乞白赖地要某人投入某项行动。
vi.
1.求婚，求爱。
2.恳求。
短语和例子
n.
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Examples
- Pug had in some day, oblique or direct, wooed the girl .
帕格曾经以某种方式，或明或暗地，挑逗过这姑娘。 - He attempts to woo her in a characteristically extravagant manner .
他尝试过用挥金如土的阔绰方式去取悦于她。 - The preacher grapples with his text, wasting no effort in wooing the audience .
传教士紧紧抓住经文，尽力说服听众。 - Margaret allowed herself to go through all sorts of indignities to woo the voters .
玛格丽特为了争取选民，不得不忍受各种羞辱。 - She now assiduously set about wooing the chauvinist editors of fleet street .
这时候，她千方百计地争取舰队街那些盲目爱国的编辑们。