poll1/pol; pəʊl/n [C] 1 the process of finding out what most people think about something by asking a lot of people the same questions [ opinion poll ] 民意调查﹐民意测验: Polls show that most people support the President. 民意调查显示大多数民众支持总统。2 the polls [plural 复数] the place where you go to vote in an election 投票站: The polls have now closed and the results are being counted. 投票站已关闭﹐投票结果正在计算。Tomorrow UK voters will go to the polls (=vote). 明天英国的选民将去参加投票。
poll2v [T] 1 to try to find out what people think about a subject by asking a lot of people the same questions 对…进行民意测验[调查]: Most of the teachers we polled support the changes. 我们调查的教师当中大部分支持变革。2 to get a particular number of votes in an election〔在选举中〕获得…票数: The Conservatives polled 35% of the vote. 保守党获得了 35% 的选票。