;民意测验;民意调查 A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future.
Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark...
民意测验显示该欧盟条约已在丹麦获得支持。
We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined...
我们每周就总统进行一次民意调查,很显然他的支持率下降了。
The Socialist Party, which won a convincing victory in elections in June, has been losing support in the polls recently.
最近的民意测验表明,6月份在选举中大胜的社会党的支持率一直在下滑。
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[VERB 动词]对…进行民意测验(或调查) If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey.
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More than 18,000 people were polled...
超过1.8万人接受了民意测验。
Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best...
将对观众进行民意调查,询问他们在3部当代音乐作品中最喜欢哪一部。
More than 70 per cent of those polled said that they approved of his record as president.
超过70%的被调查者称对他总统任期的政绩表示满意。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]政治选举;大选;投票地点The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election.
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In 1945, Winston Churchill was defeated at the polls...
温斯顿·丘吉尔在1945年的大选中被击败。
Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president...
选民应于星期日前往投票站选举新总统。
The polls have closed in the Pakistan parliamentary elections.
巴基斯坦议会选举投票已结束。
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[VERB 动词]获得(…票数) If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election.
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It was a disappointing result for the Greens who polled three percent...
这个结果让绿党感到失望,他们只获得了3%的选票。
The result showed he had polled enough votes to force a second ballot.
结果显示,他已获得了足够把对手拖入二次投票的票数。
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pollpollspolledpollingnoun1(alsooˈpinion poll)[countable ]the process of questioning people who are representative of a larger group in order to get information about the general opinion 民意测验;民意调查SYN
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◆to carry out/conducta poll 进行╱做民意测验◆A recent poll suggests some surprising changes in public opinion.最近的调查反映民意有了出人意表的变化。2[countable ](alsothe polls [plural ])the process of voting at an election; the process of counting the votes 选举投票;计票◆The final result of the poll will be known tomorrow.投票结果将于明天公布。◆Thursday is traditionally the day when Britain goes to the polls(= when elections are held).英国传统的投票选举日是星期四。◆Polls close (= voting ends)at 9 p.m. 投票于晚上 9 点结束。☞synonyms at
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3[singular ]the number of votes given in an election 投票数SYN
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◆Labour is ahead in the poll.工党的得票数领先。◆They gained 20% of the poll.他们得到了 20% 的选票。☞see also
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verb1[transitive , intransitive ]to receive a particular number of votes in an election 获得(票数)pollsth ◆They polled 39% of the vote in the last election.在上届选举中,他们获得了 39% 的选票。+ adv./prep.◆The Republicans have polled well (= received many votes)in recent elections. 共和党在最近的选举中得票数都很高。2[transitive , usually passive ]pollsb to ask a large number of members of the public what they think about sth 做民意调查SYN
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◆Over 50% of those polled were against the proposed military action.民调中有超过 50% 的人反对拟议的军事行动。poll/pəʊl; NAmEpoʊl/
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1[countable] the process of finding out what people think about something by asking many people the same question, or the record of the resultSYN opinion poll, survey: A recent poll found that 80% of Californians support the governor. Polls indicate that education is the top issue with voters. Labour is ahead in the polls. The latest public opinion poll showed that 25% of us consider ourselves superstitious.conduct/carry out/do a poll a poll conducted by ‘USA Today’poll on a poll on eating habitspoll of a poll of 1,000 people2go to the polls to vote in an election: Ten million voters went to the polls.3[singular] British English the process of voting in an election, or the number of votes recorded: Labour won the election with 40% of the poll. The result of the poll won’t be known until around midnight.4the polls the place where you can go to vote in an election: The polls will close in an hour.COLLOCATIONSverbscarry out/take/do a poll· A similar poll was carried out among academics in the United States.· A poll taken last month gave the Democrats a seven-point lead.conduct a poll formal (=carry out a poll)· The poll was conducted with a sample of 1,023 adults.a poll shows/indicates/suggests something· Polls show that older voters are most concerned about economic issues.a poll finds something· Our poll found that 29 percent rated his performance as good.poll + NOUNpoll results/findings· The poll results are very encouraging.a poll rating (=showing how popular someone is)· His poll ratings keep slipping.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + pollan opinion poll (=that measures what people think about something)· A recent opinion poll showed strong support for the government.an exit poll (=when people are asked how they have just voted)· The exit polls said that 46 percent of women had voted for Obama.a popularity poll (=measuring how popular someone is)· In most popularity polls, he is in fourth or fifth place.a local/national/statewide etc poll· Local polls show him leading by only two or three points.phrasessomebody’s lead in the polls· Labour soon regained its lead in the polls.somebody’s standing in the polls (=how popular a poll shows them to be)· The president's standing in the polls declined sharply.be ahead/leading in the polls· The good news is that we are ahead in the polls.be behind/trailing in the polls· At the moment the Democrats are trailing in the polls.
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1to ask a lot of people the same questions in order to find out what they think about a subject: 18% of the women we polled said their husbands had a drinking problem.► see thesaurus at
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2to get a particular number of votes in an election: Labour polled just 4% of the vote.
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