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canvass verb
⇨ survey survey verb survey ♦︎ poll ♦︎ sample ♦︎ canvass ♦︎ ballotThese words all mean to find out about sth by asking a group of people questions. 这些词均表示作民意调查。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to poll / ballot sb on sth◆to canvass / ballot sb for sth◆to survey / canvass opinion◆to poll / ballot your members■ survey [transitive] to find out about the opinions or behaviour of a group of people by asking them a series of questions 对⋯作民意调查；对⋯进行民意测验◆We surveyed 500 smokers and found that over three quarters would like to give up.我们对500名吸烟者进行了调查，发现有超过四分之三的人愿意戒烟。◆The aim of the project is to survey public attitudes to disability.该项目旨在了解公众对残障的态度。 see also survey ⇨ investigation noun ■ poll / /pəʊl; NAmE poʊl/ [transitive, usually passive] to ask a large number of people, especially members of the public, what they think about sth 对⋯作民意调查◆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。 see also poll ⇨ investigation noun ■ sample [transitive] (technical 术语) to test part of sth or question part of a group of people in order to find out what the rest is like 抽样检验；对⋯取样；对⋯采样◆The survey was done using a group of 100 children randomly sampled from the school population.在学校中随机抽取了100名儿童进行调查。▸ sample noun [countable] ◆Samples of the water contained pesticide.水样中含有杀虫剂。◆The interviews were given to a random sample of students.对随机抽选出的学生进行了采访。■ canvass /ˈkænvəs/ / [transitive] to ask people about sth in order to find out what they think about it 调查民意；征求意见◆I quickly canvassed opinion on the issue among my colleagues.我很快就这一问题征求了同事们的意见。◆People are being canvassed for their views on the proposed new road.正在就计划修建的新道路征求人们的意见。■ ballot / /ˈbælət/ / [transitive] to ask sb to vote secretly in writing about sth, especially to find out the opinion of a group of people （尤指为征求意见）要求（某人）对某事作无记名投票◆The union balloted its members on the proposed changes.工会要求会员对所提议的变革进行无记名投票。 see also ballot ⇨ election noun |