woo

in Vietnamese Chinh phục (tình cảm), tán tỉnh

BrE /wuː/ AmE /wuː/

verb en → vi

past wooed pp wooed ing wooing

1 FLIRT/DATE [transitive] B2

Chinh phục (tình cảm), tán tỉnh

to try to make someone like you and want to be your boyfriend or girlfriend by being nice, giving them presents, etc.

  • woo somebody

Collocations woo a girlfriend/boyfriend · woo someone's heart

  • He wooed her with flowers and chocolates.

    Anh ta đã chinh phục cô ấy bằng hoa và sô-cô-la.

2 PERSUADE/CONVINCE [transitive] C1

Đưa ra lời đề nghị hấp dẫn, thuyết phục

to try to persuade someone to do something by being very nice and polite to them.

  • woo somebody

Collocations woo a customer/client · woo an investor

  • The company wooed investors with promises of high profits.

    Công ty đã thuyết phục các nhà đầu tư bằng những lời hứa hẹn về lợi nhuận cao.