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a poll of [group] shows that [clause]
poll作名词常与of连用表示调查对象。
A poll of 1,000 voters shows that the candidate is leading.
一项针对1000名选民的民意测验显示，该候选人领先。
民意调查；民意测验
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民意调查；民意测验
a survey of public opinion
A poll of 1,000 voters shows that the candidate is leading.
一项针对1000名选民的民意测验显示，该候选人领先。
民意调查
A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
宠物鹦鹉
A pet parrot.
正式投票
A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
投票站
A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
The company conducted a poll to find out how satisfied its employees were.
公司进行了一项民意调查，以了解员工的满意度。
According to the poll, a majority of residents support the new park.
根据这项民意调查，大多数居民支持新公园。
The results of the poll were published on the website.
民意调查的结果发布在了网站上。
poll作名词常与of连用表示调查对象。
A poll of 1,000 voters shows that the candidate is leading.
一项针对1000名选民的民意测验显示，该候选人领先。
动词poll的常见结构是'poll someone on something'。
They polled 500 people on their favorite sports.
他们对500人进行了关于他们最喜欢的运动的民意测验。
Not this
He polled many people in the election.
Use this
He polled many votes in the election.
动词poll作为及物动词时，宾语应为“选票数”而非“人”，表示“获得…票”；而表示“投票给某人”应使用vote for。
Not this
They conducted a poll to the students.
Use this
They conducted a poll of the students.
名词poll表示“民意测验”时，搭配介词of引出调查对象，而非to；poll of sb/sth是标准搭配。
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民意测验
The latest opinion poll shows that the candidate is leading.
最新的民意测验显示该候选人领先。
出口民调
Exit polls predicted a close race.
出口民调预测竞争激烈。
投票结果
The poll results will be announced tomorrow.
投票结果将于明天公布。
进行民意调查
The university conducted a poll on student satisfaction.
该大学就学生满意度进行了一项民意调查。
对选民进行民意调查
The campaign team polled voters in key swing states.
竞选团队在关键摇摆州对选民进行了民意调查。
民意调查显示
The poll shows that public opinion is divided.
民意调查显示公众意见分歧。
去投票
Millions of citizens will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect their next president.
数百万公民将于周二去投票选举下一任总统。
民意调查汇总
The poll of polls shows the incumbent candidate leading by a narrow margin.
民意调查汇总显示现任候选人以微弱优势领先。
非正式投票或民意测验
We conducted a straw poll among our members to gauge their opinion on the proposal.
我们在会员中进行了一次非正式投票，以了解他们对提案的看法。
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音似‘pole’，想象投票站前有一根杆子，大家排队投票。
neutral; used in news, election contexts, and surveys. Usually formal or semi-formal, but can be neutral in casual speech when referring to opinion polls.
These words rhyme with poll (all end with the /əʊl/ sound). Note that words like 'doll' and 'loll' have different vowels (/ɒl/ or /ɔːl/), even though their spelling ends in '-oll'.
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