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英语单词 poll
英美音标 [pəul]
中文释义 n.选举之投票,民意测验
v.投票,获得选票,选举中获得
真题原句 While polls show Britons rate “the countryside” alongside the royal family, Shakespeare and the National Health Service (NHS) as what makes them proudest of their country, this has limited political support.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
opinion poll
straw poll
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.
  [be V-ed]
  [be V-ed on wh/n]
  [V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • 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.
  [the N]
  • 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.
  [V n]
  • 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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See also:
polling
deed poll
    来源 2016.3

    Tags: 单词::2016

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