poll

英[pəʊl]美[poʊl]
  • n. 民意测验；投票；票数
  • v. 做民意测验；获得 … 票

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    英语单词poll的本意是head（人头），具体来说是人的头顶，也就是在人群中数人头时能看到的部位。因此，poll衍生出了“人头数”的含义。poll tax就是“人头税”的意思，即按照人头数征收的税。
      noun(名词)
      1. [ C ] 民意测验，民意调查
      2. 投票处
      3. 投票，去投票
      verb(动词)
      1. 获得（若干选票）
      2. 对…进行民意测验

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ C ] 民意测验，民意调查

      We're carrying out/conducting a poll to find out what people think about abortion.

      我们正在进行一项民意调查，了解人们对堕胎的看法。

      The latest opinion poll puts the Democrats in the lead.

      最新的一项民意调查表明民主党领先。

    2. 投票处

      The TV stations agreed not to announce the projected winner until after the polls closed.

      电视台同意所有的投票点都关闭后再宣布预测的获胜者。

    3. 投票，去投票

      The country will go to the polls on 13 September.

      该国将于9月13日举行投票。

    verb(动词)
    1. 获得（若干选票）

      With nearly all the votes counted, Mr Soto had polled 67 percent of the vote.

      统计了几乎所有的选票后，索托先生获得了67%的选票。

    2. 对…进行民意测验

      Half the people polled said they would pay more for environmentally friendly food.

      半数接受调查者说他们愿意多花钱买环保食物。

    小知识

    A poll is an election, or a survey of people's opinions. When people go to the polls, they vote.

    If you poll your classmates about their favorite foods, you survey them and take note of their opinions — in other words, they each cast a vote. This is also what happens when voters go to the polls, although they're voting for political candidates and their votes are anonymous. The original fourteenth century meaning of poll was “hair on the head” or just “head.” This gradually evolved into “person,” and the idea of “counting heads.”

    实用短语

    1. opinion poll

      舆论调查,民意测验,民意调查,民意浏验

    2. poll tax

    3. gallup poll

      盖洛普民意测验,盖洛普,盖洛普民调

    4. harris poll

      哈里斯民意调查,哈里斯调查,哈里斯民调,哈里斯民意调查机构

    5. deed poll

      分割契据,单边契据,改名契,单条契约

    6. public opinion poll

    7. field poll

      费尔德民调,菲尔德民调,田野民调,最新的菲德民调

    8. gallup world poll

      盖洛普世界民意调查,世界民意调查,盖洛普世界民调,世界平易近意查询拜访

    9. big money poll

      调查,理财经理调查

    常用短语

    1. opinion poll

      民意测验；选举投票

    2. go to the polls

      去投票处投票

    3. public opinion poll

      民意测验

    4. gallup poll

      n. 盖洛普民意测验

    5. poll tax

      人头税

    6. straw poll

      n. 测验民意的投票

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    poll，crop，prune，shear，trim。这五个词共同的意思是“修剪”，它们的区别是：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。

    同义词

    survey  /  vote  /  canvass  /  questionnaire

    同根词

    词根：poll

    adj.

    politic精明的；有策略的；狡猾的；审慎的

    vi.

    politic拉选票