woo是什么意思,woo怎么用

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📰 外刊例句

Technology firms stampede to woo the energy industry. 科技公司争先恐后地争取能源产业的垂青。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《经济学人》


📖 基本释义

[verb] seek the favor, support, or
custom
of
[动词] 寻求……的青睐、支持或惠顾


💡 深入解读

Woo 一词的拼写十分简单好记,也很容易让人联想 wood, wool,swoop等结构上包含该词的单词来。该词词源不详,最早出现于12世纪之前,起初用来表示男子“向……求爱、向……求婚”,参见下方


📚 名著用例

Why does he send to one who is a buonaroba, a bay where all men ride, a maid of honour with a scandalous girlhood, a lordling to woo for him? 他为什么派一个小贵族去向一个花姑娘求婚呢?她是人人行驶的海湾,少女时代声名狼藉的宫女。

— 出自《爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯(James Joyce)于1922年出版的长篇小说《尤利西斯》( Ulysses )。下载本书请点击: 原版名著下载 | 尤利西斯(Ulysses)》


🔍 同近义词

  • solicit: ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone
  • court: be involved with romantically, typically with the intention of marrying
  • chase: seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way
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