poll
poll 英 [pəʊl] 美 [poʊl]
n. 民意调查，选举投票；(民调，选票) v. 民意测验；获得选票
进行时:polling 过去式:polled 过去分词:polled 第三人称单数:polls 名词复数:polls
- A poll is an election, or a survey of people's opinions. When people go to the polls, they vote.
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- n. 民意调查，选举投票；(民调，选票)
- v. 民意测验；获得选票
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1. to carry out a poll
进行民意测验
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2. The final result of the poll will be known tomorrow.
投票结果将于明天公布。
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3. Polls close at 9 p.m.
投票于晚上 9 点结束。
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4. Labour is ahead in the poll.
工党的得票数领先。
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5. They gained 20% of the poll.
他们得到了 20% 的选票。
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6. 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。
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7. The Republicans have polled well in recent elections.
共和党在最近的选举中得票数都很高。
- Poll fem. proper name, short for Polly. Noted from 1620s as a parrot's name.
- poll (n.) "head," early 14c., polle "hair of the head; piece of fur from the head of an animal," also "head," from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch pol "head, top." Sense extended early 14c. to "person, individual." Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1620s, from notion of "counting heads;" meaning "survey of public opinion" is first recorded 1902. Poll tax, literally "head tax," is from 1690s. Literal use in English tends toward the part of the head where the hair grows.
- poll (v.1) "to take the votes of," 1620s, from poll (n.). Related: Polled; polling. A deed poll "deed executed by one party only," is from earlier verbal meaning "cut the hair of," because the deed was cut straight rather than indented (see indenture (n.)).
- poll (v.2) "to cut, trim," late 14c., "to cut short the hair" (of an animal or person), from poll (n.). Of trees or plants from 1570s. Related: Polled; polling.
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