Straw poll
n. 测验民意的投票
📖 牛津释义
straw poll
(also straw vote), (esp US) unofficial survey of public opinion 非正式的民意调查.
🧩 词语组成解析
straw
[strɔ:]
n. 稻草;麦秆;吸管;毫无价值的东西;
adj. 稻草的，麦秆的;稻草[麦秆]做的;假的，假想的;无价值的;
poll
[pəul]
n. 民意调查;投票选举;投票数;头部;
vt. 得到（一定数目的）选票;对…进行调查;修剪;修剪;
vi. 投票;作民意调查;
🗣️ 情景例句
He's been here for years, he should know the ins and outs of the job by now.
他在这里已经好多年，现在理应熟悉各方面的工作了。
I lack words, with which to express my thanks.
我无法以言语来表达我的感激之情。
It was necessary, therefore, to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept.
因此，有必要发明一种仪器，既不打盹儿，也不睡觉。