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投票
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the country went to the polls on March 10 .该国于3月10日举行投票。
a record of the number of votes cast in an election
票数
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the ruling party won 24 seats, narrowly topping the poll .执政党赢得了24席,勉强获得最高票数。
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投票站
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the polls have only just closed .投票站刚刚才关闭。
short for
<Bold>OPINION POLL </Bold>的简称。
〈方〉 人头。
the part of the head on which hair grows; the scalp
头顶;头皮。
a hornless animal, especially one of a breed of hornless cattle
无角动物(尤指无角牛)。参见<Bold>RED POLL</Bold>.
(常作
对…做民意调查;记…票数
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over half of those polled do not believe the prime minister usually tells the truth .半数以上接受民意调查的人认为首相经常不说真话。
[no obj., with adverbial](of a candidate in an election)receive a specified number of votes
(候选人)获得票数
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the Green candidate polled 3.6 per cent .绿党候选人获得了3.6%的票数。
【电 信,计算机】 轮询,探询。
cut the horns off (an animal, especially a young cow)
截掉(动物,尤指小牛)的角。
〈古〉 (尤指为了促进生长而)截去(树或植物)的梢;修枝。
" Middle English (in the sense ‘head’): perhaps of Low German origin. The original sense was ‘head', and hence ‘an individual person among a number', from which developed the sense ‘number of people ascertained by counting of heads' and then ‘counting of heads or of votes’ (17th cent.). "