poll /pəʊl/ CET4 TEM4 ( polling, polled, polls )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT 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. 民意测验

  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，很显然他的受欢迎度已经下降了。

• 2. 

  → see also opinion poll

• 3. 

  V-T If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey. 对…进行民意测验 [usu passive]

  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。

• 4. 

  N-PLURAL The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election. 政治大选; 投票地点

  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。

• 5. 

  V-T 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. 获得…选票

  例：

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

  结果显示他获得了足够的选票来促使第二轮选举。

• 6. 

  → see also polling