这五个词共同的意思是“修剪”,它们的区别是:
crop指剪去顶部,目的在于加以区分或惩罚; shear指剪匀、剪平(如修剪草坪)以改善其品质; poll指剪枝,目的在于使其生长良好; trim指剪掉多余物以改善其外在形态; prune则既可指剪去外表的多余物,又可指删去内容的无用部分,从形式到内容全面提高其品质。例如:
They will be shearing the meadow next week.他们将在下星期修剪草地。
We polled many trees the day before yesterday.前天,我们给树剪了枝。
Trim off the loose threads.剪掉松开的线头。
They were pruning roses.他们正在修剪玫瑰。
You should prune the speech down; it's too long.你的演讲应该删掉一些,它太长了。
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英语单词poll的本意是head(人头),具体来说是人的头顶,也就是在人群中数人头时能看到的部位。因此,poll衍生出了“人头数”的含义。poll tax就是“人头税”的意思,即按照人头数征收的税。
The Republicans have polled well (= received many votes) in recent elections.
共和党在最近的选举中得票数都很漂亮。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》A recent poll suggests some surprising changes in public opinion.
最近的调查反映民意有了出人意表的变化。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president...
选民应于星期日前往投票站选举新总统。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best...
将对观众进行民意调查,询问他们在3部当代音乐作品中最喜欢哪一部。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》It was a disappointing result for the Greens who polled three percent...
这个结果让绿党感到失望,他们只获得了3%的选票。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark...
民意测验显示该欧盟条约已在丹麦获得支持。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The result showed he had polled enough votes to force a second ballot.
结果显示,他已获得了足够把对手拖入二次投票的票数。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》18% of the women we polled said their husbands had a drinking problem.
我们调查的妇女当中有18%的人说丈夫有酗酒问题。
来源:朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版Thursday is traditionally the day when Britain goes to the polls (= when elections are held) .
英国传统的投票选举日是星期四。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》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。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined...
我们每周就总统进行一次民意调查,很显然他的支持率下降了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The newspaper took a poll of 300 people to see what the man in the street thinks.
那家报纸对三百人进行了民意测验,看普通老百姓有些什么想法.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》A recent poll found that 80% of Californians support the governor.
最近的一项民意调查发现80%的加利福尼亚人支持州长。
来源:朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
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