woo

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwoowoo /wuː/ verb [transitive] 1 PERSUADEFRIENDto try to persuade someone to do something such as buy something from you, vote for you, or work for you – used in news reports the Party’s efforts to woo working class voters2 old-fashionedMARRY to try to persuade a woman to love you and marry you SYN court→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswoo• But Cassie was far too angry to be wooed.• For a certain period Mr Sammler lad resisted such physical impressions-being wooed almost comically by momentary and fortuitous sweetness.• When I woo her, as perhaps I mean to do, I shall be more than her equal.• Bosses defied the law to woo last-minute Christmas shoppers from Oxford Street rivals.• San Diego city librarians will not be the only suitors wooing the computer magnate.• Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power.• Microsoft apparently put little effort into wooing them.Origin woo Old English wogian

单词	woo
释义	woo From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwoowoo /wuː/ verb [transitive] 1 PERSUADEFRIENDto try to persuade someone to do something such as buy something from you, vote for you, or work for you – used in news reports the Party’s efforts to woo working class voters2 old-fashionedMARRY to try to persuade a woman to love you and marry you SYN court→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswoo• But Cassie was far too angry to be wooed.• For a certain period Mr Sammler lad resisted such physical impressions-being wooed almost comically by momentary and fortuitous sweetness.• When I woo her, as perhaps I mean to do, I shall be more than her equal.• Bosses defied the law to woo last-minute Christmas shoppers from Oxford Street rivals.• San Diego city librarians will not be the only suitors wooing the computer magnate.• Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power.• Microsoft apparently put little effort into wooing them.Origin woo Old English wogian
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