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