soliciting

1. V-T If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. 请求给予[正式]

He's already solicited their support on health care reform. 他已经请求他们给予医疗保健改革方面的支持。

2. V-I When prostitutes solicit, they offer to have sex with people in return for money. (妓女) 拉客

Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places. 娼妓被禁止在公路上和公共场所拉客。

3. solicitingN-UNCOUNT 拉客

Girls could get very heavy sentences for soliciting – nine months or more. 年轻女孩拉客可能会被处以重罚–9个月或更长。