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
I would have gone on the picnic if it hadn't rained.
如果没下雨,我就去野餐了。
They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.