cold-call
verb [ T or I ] uk/ˌkəʊldˈkɔːl/ us/ˌkoʊldˈkɑːl/
陌生拜访
to call or visit a possible customer to try to sell them something without being asked by the customer to do so
We were cold-called by a company offering savings on our phone bill. 我们收到陌生拜访，是一家公司说是要帮我们节省电话费。
In this job, you have to be prepared to cold-call. 做这份工作，你得准备好做陌生拜访。
See: cold-calling
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- He was handed a list of numbers to cold-call.
- Have you been cold-called by someone offering to buy or sell shares?
- The main advantage of social networks is that they help users meet people they otherwise might have to cold-call.