solicitation
solicitation — 名詞
- solicitationsingular
- solicitationsplural
1. a formal act of asking a person or an organization for money, help, information,
請託；徵求
正式請求金錢、資訊或幫助的行為
a formal act of asking a person or an organization for money, help, information, or business, often carried out in writing or in person by charities, companies, or institutions
The hospital sent a solicitation for donations to help fund its new children's wing.
醫院發出了募款請託，以協助資助新的兒童醫療大樓。
collocation: solicitation for donations
Bao received a solicitation letter from a university asking alumni to fund a scholarship.
阿寶收到一封來自大學的募款函，懇請校友捐助獎學金。
collocation: solicitation letter
Feng filed a complaint about aggressive door-to-door solicitations by companies selling home security systems.
阿峰投訴有公司以登門拜訪的方式，強勢推銷居家保全系統。
countable form: door-to-door solicitations
The new law regulates solicitation of funds by phone and email to protect consumers.
新法嚴格規範透過電話和電子郵件進行募款請託，以保護消費者權益。
collocation: solicitation of funds
- fundraising solicitation
- solicitation letter
- solicitation of funds
- solicitation of business
- solicitation for donations
- direct mail solicitation
- door-to-door solicitation
- request
the broadest, most neutral term; works in formal and casual contexts alike
- appeal
more urgent or emotional, often used for help in difficult circumstances
- petition
a formal written request signed by many people, addressed to an authority
- proposal
suggests an offer or suggestion rather than a request
文法句型
solicitation + for + noun phrase
solicitation + of + noun phrase
countable as 'solicitations' when referring to specific instances
用法筆記
Unlike sense 2 (legal context of sex work), this sense covers institutional or charitable requests. The word is notably formal — in everyday conversation, 'request' or 'appeal' is more natural. Regulations around financial and charitable solicitation vary by jurisdiction.
常見錯誤
2. a legal offense that occurs when someone suggests paying another person for a se
性交易；拉客
以金錢為目的提供性服務的法律罪行
a legal offense that occurs when someone suggests paying another person for a sexual act, particularly on a street or in a setting where other people are present
Undercover officers arrested several people on solicitation charges near the city's main train station.
便衣警察在市區主要火車站附近，以性交易要約罪逮捕了數人。
legal term: solicitation charges
Yara joined a community meeting about patrols to reduce street solicitation in her area.
雅拉參加了一場社區會議，討論增加警察巡邏以減少街頭拉客的問題。
collocation: street solicitation
The judge dismissed the solicitation case because the offer was on private, not public, property.
法官駁回了這起性交易要約案，因為該提議發生在私人土地上，而非公共街道。
legal requirement: public place
During the trial, the prosecutor showed that the solicitation took place near a school playground.
審判期間，檢察官提出證據，顯示該性交易要約發生在學校操場附近。
proximity to school as aggravating factor
- solicitation laws
- solicitation charges
- solicitation arrest
- street solicitation
- solicitation case
- prostitution
broader term covering the entire practice of exchanging sex for money, not just the act of offering
- sex work
neutral, non-judgmental term preferred by advocacy groups
- pandering
US legal term for promoting or arranging prostitution of another person, distinct from soliciting for oneself
文法句型
solicitation + charges
arrest + for + solicitation
solicitation + laws
用法筆記
In legal contexts this sense refers specifically to offering or agreeing to sex work, not to receiving the service. The word is most common in criminal law terminology — 'solicitation' appears on police reports, court documents, and news reports about prostitution. Distinguished from sense 1 (FORMAL REQUEST) by context cues: police, arrest, charge, street, public place signal sense 2; charity, donation, fund, business, letter signal sense 1.
常見錯誤
同根字
- solicit動詞B2
- solicitor名詞B2
- solicitous形容詞C1
- solicitude名詞C1