solicit/ səˈlɪsɪt /

1.vt.

征求,恳请,恳求

Don't ever solicit me for money again.
不要再向我要钱了。
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities.
我的邻居总是为不同的慈善机构募捐。
Henry IV solicited the pope for a divorce.
亨利四世恳求教皇同意他离婚。
2.vt.[American English] [Spoken] 

追求,向……求爱

After she was married he solicited her more closely.
她嫁人之后,他更热烈的追求她。
3.verb

勾引,拉客

The officers saw the girls soliciting and brought them to a police station.
官员们看着女孩们拉客,就把她们带到了警察局。
The young man was caught soliciting in the park.
这个年轻男人在公园里拉客时被抓个正着。
He was solicited by a prostitute.
他被一名妓女引诱。
4.vt.

教唆,怂恿,煽动

The business appeared in court yesterday charged with soliciting another man to murder his wife.
这个商人昨天上庭,他被控诉教唆他人杀害他的妻子。
He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents.
他被指控引诱他的同事销毁文件。
5.vi.

请求得到,恳求给予

She is too shy to solicit.
她太腼腆,不好意思拉客。