[transitive] to ask a large number of members of the public what they think about sth开展民意调查◆Sixty per cent of those polled said they used the Internet to book flights.百分之六十的受访者表示他们在网上订购机票。◆The survey polled 7 500 shoppers on Thursday.这项调查在周四采访了 7500 名购物者。