poll

poll — noun

1. a set of questions asked to a group of people so that you can learn what most pe

1.名詞B2
釋義

a set of questions asked to a group of people so that you can learn what most people think about an issue, person, or plan.

例句

A campus poll found most students wanted longer library hours.

collocation: conduct or run a poll

The newspaper ran a poll on bus fares before the election.

poll on + topic

同義詞
  • survey

    broader and often longer, covering facts or habits as well as opinions

  • questionnaire

    the written list of questions rather than the whole opinion study

  • straw poll

    an informal quick check, often before a final decision

文法句型

conduct/run a poll

poll on/about + topic

用法筆記

Often used for public opinion, elections, or customer choices. Distinguish from sense 3: sense 1 is the survey itself, not the act of voting.

常見錯誤

❌The school made a poll about uniforms.
✅The school conducted a poll on uniforms.
💡with this noun sense, 'conduct' or 'run' is more natural, and the topic usually follows with 'on'.

2. the place where people go to cast their votes in an election, usually expressed

2.名詞B2
釋義

the place where people go to cast their votes in an election, usually expressed in the plural as the polls.

例句

Voters lined up at the polls before sunrise in Kaohsiung.

usually plural: the polls

The town opened the polls at seven on Tuesday morning.

the polls open/close

同義詞
  • polling place

    the most direct equivalent, common in election instructions

  • voting station

    often used for the official location where voting happens

  • polling station

    common in British English for the place where people vote

文法句型

go to the polls

the polls open/close

用法筆記

Normally appears as the polls, especially after go to, at, open, and close. Distinguish from sense 3, which names the voting process or period.

常見錯誤

❌We went to the poll at noon.
✅We went to the polls at noon.
💡this place sense is usually plural.

3. the act of voting in an election, or the counting period when those votes are be

3.名詞C1
釋義

the act of voting in an election, or the counting period when those votes are being recorded.

例句

The poll began at eight and ended after the storm passed.

poll = voting period

Election workers stayed late because the poll and count ran past midnight.

同義詞
  • voting

    the plain everyday word for the act itself

  • balloting

    more formal and often used in official procedures

  • count

    narrower when the focus is only on adding up the votes

文法句型

the poll begins/ends

during/after the poll

用法筆記

More formal than everyday vote and most common in election reports. Sense 3 refers to the event or period, while sense 4 refers to the number of votes.

4. the full number of votes that a candidate or party gets in an election.

4.名詞C1
釋義

the full number of votes that a candidate or party gets in an election.

例句

The party's poll rose by twenty thousand votes across the island.

possessive: the party's poll

Her final poll was 48,000 votes, far above local forecasts.

final poll = total votes received

同義詞
  • vote total

    a clear modern phrase for the number of votes received

  • tally

    focuses on the total after counting

  • count

    can mean the total result, especially after counting ends

文法句型

somebody's poll

final/heavy/strong poll

用法筆記

Often appears with a possessive or with adjectives such as final, heavy, or strong. Distinguish from sense 1, where a poll asks questions, and sense 3, where a poll is the voting event.

poll — verb