woo
v (pt, pp wooed) [Tn]
1
(a) try to obtain the support of (sb) 寻求(某人)的支持
woo the voters 拉选票.
(b) try to achieve or obtain (sth) 想要成就或获得(某事物)
woo fame, fortune, success, etc 想要获得名声、 财富、 成功等.
2 (dated 旧) try to persuade (a woman) to marry one; court 向(女子)求婚; 求爱.
🔁 扩展释义
*[wu:]vt. 追求, 向...求爱, 恳求vi. 求爱, 央求相关词组: woo sb to do sth woo sb to compliance
Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteeth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.