/pəʊl ||; pol/verb[T] 1 to receive a certain number of votes in an election （选举中）获得（选票）: The Liberal Democrat candidate polled over 3000 votes. 那位自由民主党候选人获得3000多票。
2 to ask members of the public their opinion on a subject 对（大众）进行民意调查: Of those polled, only 20 per cent were in favour of changing the law. 在那些接受民意调查的人之中，只有百分之二十是支持修改那项法律的。