Gallup poll

短语

n. 盖洛普民意测验

词形变化

Gallup polls 复数 Gallup polls

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public, conducted by George Gallup or one the companies he founded.

  2. 2.

    Any poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public.

    非正式 引申义

    1971, Herman Wouk, The Winds of War, chapter 42, "Pity we live in the same century with that strange creature. Say, we have here two men who talked at length face to face with the fellow. Let's take a Gallup poll. Sumner, do you think Hitler is a madman?"

    1999 (date of publication), The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary, →ISBN, Diary 54, It was like that until I transferred to Ms. Gruwell's class. Up until that point it had always been: "So, Joyce, how do black people feel about Affirmative Action?"... I just new I wouldn't have to keep sending Gallup polls out to Negroes all around the country. And that is how I found myself starting my junior year in Ms. Gruwell's class.

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