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woo sb
及物动词，直接加宾语，表示追求或求爱。
He wooed her with poetry and gifts.
他用诗歌和礼物追求她。
争取；谋求（支持或好感）
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争取；谋求（支持或好感）
to try to gain someone's affection or support
He wooed her with poetry and gifts.
他用诗歌和礼物追求她。
努力赢得某人的好感或支持。
To endeavor to gain someone's affection or support.
通常指男性,试图说服(某人)与自己建立爱情关系。
Often of a man, to try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with.
殷勤求爱；执意邀请；以爱情相求。
To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love.
woo
Base
原形
woos
3rd person
第三人称单数
wooing
-ing
现在分词
wooed
Past
过去式
wooed
Past participle
过去分词
He woos her with flowers.
他用鲜花追求她。
She wooed the audience with her speech.
她用演讲赢得了观众。
The politician is wooing voters.
这位政治家正在争取选民。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The company tried to woo young customers with a new app.
公司试图用一款新应用来争取年轻客户。
He wooed her with flowers and poetry for months.
他连续几个月用鲜花和诗歌追求她。
The politician is wooing voters by promising lower taxes.
这位政客承诺减税，以争取选民的支持。
及物动词，直接加宾语，表示追求或求爱。
He wooed her with poetry and gifts.
他用诗歌和礼物追求她。
表示为了某目的而争取某人。
The politician wooed voters for their support.
这位政治家争取选民的支持。
劝说某人做某事，常用于商业或政治语境。
They tried to woo customers into buying the new product.
他们试图说服顾客购买新产品。
Not this
He wooed for her.
Use this
He wooed her.
中文中“追求某人”常用介词“向”或“对”，但英语动词“woo”是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词。
Not this
His woo was very romantic.
Use this
His wooing was very romantic.
“woo”是动词，不可直接用作名词；表达“追求”的名词形式是动名词“wooing”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
争取选民
The candidate tried to woo voters with promises of tax cuts.
这位候选人试图通过减税承诺来争取选民。
吸引投资者
The startup is working hard to woo investors for its new project.
这家初创公司正努力吸引投资者参与其新项目。
吸引顾客
The store launched a loyalty program to woo customers.
这家商店推出了忠诚度计划来吸引顾客。
赢得某人的芳心
He tried to woo her heart with flowers and poetry.
他试图用鲜花和诗歌赢得她的芳心。
重新争取
The company is trying to woo back former employees with better benefits.
该公司正试图通过更好的福利重新争取前员工。
用礼物讨好
She was not easily wooed with gifts; she valued sincerity.
她不容易被礼物讨好；她看重真诚。
Use woo naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一下，你在她家门外（屋）唱情歌，追求（woo）她的心。
语域：mixed 常见场景：romantic pursuit、business courting、political canvassing 通常用于浪漫追求或正式争取支持的场合，但在不同语境下语域有变化，多用于正式或半正式场景。
All listed words rhyme with 'woo' (same /uː/ sound). Beware of lookalikes like 'blood', 'flood', 'good' which have different vowel sounds.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.