woo meaning in Chinese
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。