woo
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。
不过这个含义现已较少使用，转而主要用 woo 引申喻指“争取……的支持、寻求……的赞同”，多指通过诱惑、讨好或不切实际的承诺来努力说服人们对自己给予青睐、帮助、支持、惠顾、选票等，比如：
The party has been trying to woo austerity-weary voters with promises of lower taxes.
文学例句
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）。
深度学习
woo (rhymes with boo) This wonderfully short word carries the olden-times sense of a man seeking a woman’s affections, but it is still used in a larger sense of begging, entreating, seeking an end.
•Nancy and Virginia are doing a project on Longfellow’s poem, “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” in which John Alden attempts to woo a woman for the bashful Miles Standish but ends up winning her heart himself.
•The St. Louis Chamber of Commerce is attempting to woo business back into the downtown area where many attractive buildings are available for low rent.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
机器翻译，仅供参考
woo（与boo押韵）这个非常简短的词承载了古代男人寻求女人爱情的意思，但它仍然被用于更大的意义上的乞求、恳求和寻求结束。
•南希和弗吉尼亚正在为朗费罗的诗歌《迈尔斯·斯坦迪什的求婚》（The Courtship of Miles Standish）做一个项目。在这首诗中，约翰·奥尔登（John Alden）试图为害羞的迈尔斯·斯坦迪什（Miles Stantish）求爱，但最终自己赢得了她的芳心。
•圣路易斯商会正试图将商业吸引回市中心，那里有许多吸引人的建筑，租金低廉。
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》
But consumer apathy has forced firms to rethink how they might woo customers.
但是，消费者的冷淡已经迫使企业重新思考该如何吸引客户。
——《经济学人》
常见短语
- woo someone’s heart: 追求某人的心
- woo a potential partner: 吸引一个潜在的伴侣
- woo customers: 争取顾客
- woo investors: 吸引投资者
- woo voters: 争取选民的支持
- woo a client: 吸引一个客户
- woo a sponsor: 赢得赞助商的青睐
- woo the audience: 吸引观众
- woo the judges: 争取评委的青睐
- woo the crowd: 吸引人群的关注
- woo with charm: 用魅力追求
- woo with gifts: 用礼物追求
- woo with compliments: 用赞美追求
- woo with creativity: 用创造力追求
- woo with persistence: 用坚持追求
- woo with humor: 用幽默追求
- woo with sincerity: 用真诚追求
- woo with intelligence: 用智慧追求
- woo with romance: 用浪漫追求
- woo with kindness: 用善意追求
- woo with confidence: 用自信追求
- woo with passion: 用激情追求
- woo with determination: 用决心追求
- woo with flattery: 用恭维追求
- woo with patience: 用耐心追求
- woo with style: 用风格追求
- woo with generosity: 用慷慨追求
- woo with talent: 用才华追求
- woo with respect: 用尊重追求
- woo with elegance: 用优雅追求
- woo with charm: 用魅力追求
- woo with gifts: 用礼物追求
- woo with compliments: 用赞美追求
- woo with creativity: 用创造力追求
- woo with persistence: 用坚持追求
- woo with humor: 用幽默追求
- woo with sincerity: 用真诚追求
- woo with intelligence: 用智慧追求
- woo with romance: 用浪漫追求
- woo with kindness: 用善意追求
- woo with confidence: 用自信追求
- woo with passion: 用激情追求
- woo with determination: 用决心追求
- woo with flattery: 用恭维追求
- woo with patience: 用耐心追求
- woo with style: 用风格追求
- woo with generosity: 用慷慨追求
- woo with talent: 用才华追求
- woo with respect: 用尊重追求
- woo with elegance: 用优雅追求
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
