n.(名词)

1. 民意测验，民意调查；民意测验记录
2. 投票数；投票结果
3. 鹦鹉
4. 人头税
5. 投票；选举
6. 学士生们
7. 学士学位，普通学位
8. 投票所
9. 选举人名册
10. 头，头顶和后脑部，脑袋
11. 一个人
12. 人数

v.(动词)

1. 投票
2. 把（选民）登记入名册
3. 得（票）；获得（票数）
4. 查（票）
5. 作...的民意调查；对...进行民意测验
6. 剪短（头发），剪；截短；剪去；削短
7. 锯下（家畜的角）
8. 使投票
9. 要求每一成员明确表态
10. 剪掉…羊毛
11. 剪去（树木）的顶部枝梢
12. 收受及登记…的选票
13. 个别征求…中成员对候选人的取舍意见

adj.(形容词)

1. 【律】当事人一方作成的
2. 截掉(或截短)角的；无角的
3. 修过枝的；剪齐的

n.(名词)

1. [C]民意调查,民意调查的结果 an attempt to find out the general opinion about sth
2. [S]选举,投票 the giving of votes in writing at an election
3. [S]投票数 the number of votes recorded at an election
4. [P]投票所 place where people vote

v.(动词)

1. vt. 获得…张票数 receive a certain number at an election
2. vt. 对…进行调查 question in making poll
3. vi. 投票 vote at an election
4. vt. 切短 cut off

Noun:

1. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

2. the top of the head

3. the part of the head between the ears

4. a tame parrot

5. the counting of votes (as in an election)

Verb:

1. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

2. vote in an election at a polling station

3. get the votes of

4. convert into a pollard;

   "pollard trees"
   

1.民意测验；民意调查
Apoll 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. We are doing a weeklypoll 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。

2.对…进行民意测验（或调查）
If youare polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey.

e.g. More than 18,000 people were polled...
超过1.8万人接受了民意测验。
e.g. 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。

3.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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4.获得（…票数）
If a political party or a candidatepolls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

5. see also: polling;deed poll

1. 民意测验：整数常量,用于指明支持的线程安全(thread safety)级别,可能的值有:贯穿本参考, 我们都会引用下面的民意测验(poll)应用程序:

to carry out/conduct a poll

进行民意测验

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。

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。

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。

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。

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漂亮。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

This is a variation of the methods shown in fig . 2.20.

这是图2.20所示的方法的一个变种.

They went there to poll.

他们去那里投选票.

The newspaper took a poll of 300 people to see what the man in the street thinks.

那家报纸对三百人进行了民意测验,看普通老百姓有些什么想法.

1. We're conducting a poll.
   我们正在进行民意调查。
2. The latest poll gives the Republicans a 5％ lead.
   最近的民意调查结果表明共和党领先了五个百分点。
3. The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.
   选举结果要到午夜才能揭晓。
4. They expected a heavy poll.
   他们期望会有很高的投票数。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. They went there to poll.
   他们去那里投选票。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. She polled 98 votes.
   她获得了98张选票。
2. They polled the President.
   他们对总统进行民意测验。
3. They polled the cattle.
   他们把这头牛的角切短了。
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4. Almost three-quarters of those who were polled said they opposed the government's policy.
   被调查的人中有四分之三的人说他们反对政府的政策。

动词+～

• poll">boycott the poll抵制投票
• poll">conduct a poll进行民意调查
• poll">declare the poll宣布投票结果
• polls">go to the polls前往投票
• poll">head the poll得票最多

形容词+～

• poll">heavy poll很高的投票数
• poll">nationwide poll全国范围的投票
• poll">straw poll非正式投票
• poll">last poll最近的民意调查

介词+～

• poll">at the poll在选举中
• poll">on the poll在选民榜上

～+名词

• poll%20the%20acting%20President">poll the acting President对代总统进行民意测验
• poll%20the%20cattle">poll the cattle将牛角切短

• The horse..is resisting by tilting his poll or the top of his head.

  出自：E. Baird

• He polled his head at every year's end..for by then the hair was long.

  出自：J. Heller

v.(动词)

poll, crop, prune, shear, trim

这五个词的共同意思是“修剪”,其区别是：

crop指剪去顶部,目的在于加以区分或惩罚; shear指剪匀、剪平(如修剪草坪)以改善其品质; poll指剪枝,目的在于使其生长良好; trim指剪掉多余物以改善其外在形态; prune则既可指剪去外表的多余物,又可指删去内容的无用部分,从形式到内容全面提高其品质。例如:

They will be shearing the meadow next week.他们将在下星期修剪草地。

We polled many trees the day before yesterday.前天,我们给树剪了枝。

Trim off the loose threads.剪掉松开的线头。

They were pruning roses.他们正在修剪玫瑰。

You should prune the speech down; it's too long.你的演讲应该删掉一些,它太长了。

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古荷兰语的pol，意为头。