poll

【发音】

美 /pol/ 英 /pəʊl/

【翻译】

1. n.民意调查

   英释:the process of finding out what people think about something by asking many people the same question, or the record of the result

【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

【例句】

1. A recent poll found that 80% of Californians support the governor.

   最近的一项民意调查发现80%的加利福尼亚人支持州长。

2. Polls indicate that education is the top issue with voters.

   民意调查显示，教育是选民心中的头等大事。

3. Labour is ahead in the polls.

   工党在民意调查中处于领先地位。

4. The latest public opinion poll showed that 25% of us consider ourselves superstitious.

   最新的民意调查显示我们中有25%的人认为自己迷信。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...A recent Harris poll revealed that 79% of Americans say they enjoy cooking and 30% "love it" ; 14% admit to not enjoying kitchen work and just 7% won't go near the stove at all...

2. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...A poll showed that　half of medical technicians had admitted texting during a procedure...

3. (2011.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday A YouGov poll of 2...

【同、近义词】

1. n.投票；民意测验；投票数；投票所

   vote/referendums/

2. vt.投票；剪短；对…进行民意测验；获得选票

   crop/cast one's vote/

3. vi.投票

   cast one's vote/ballot/

4. adj.无角的；剪过毛的；修过枝的

   hummel/hornless/

【同根词】

1. adj

   politic : 精明的；有策略的；狡猾的；审慎的