新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

poll

英  [pəʊl]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • polls

    1[C 可数名词] 民意测验

    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.

    近义词

    survey

    双语例句

    例:

    Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark.

    民意测验显示,欧洲条约已经在丹麦获得支持。

    例:

    We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined.

    我们正在对总统进行每周一次的民意测验,很显然他的支持率下降了。

    例:

    opinion polls on Venezuela's presidential election.

    对委内瑞拉总统选举的民意测验。

    2[PL 复数] 政治大选 , 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Incumbent officeholders are difficult to defeat at the polls.

    现任官员很难在选举中被击败。

    例:

    Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president.

    选民们按计划将于周日前往投票站选举新总统。

    VERB. 动词
  • polls , polling , polled

    1[T 及物动词] 对…进行民意测验

    If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey.

    近义词

    survey

    双语例句

    例:

    More than 18,000 people were polled.

    18000多人接受了民意测验。

    例:

    Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best.

    听众将就3首现代乐曲中最喜欢哪一首接受民意调查。

    2[T 及物动词] 获得…选票

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    The result showed he had polled enough votes to force a second ballot.

    结果显示,他获得的选票足够他进入第二轮选举。