A series of television and newspaper polls suggest a close race between the three front-runners and pollsters think the result is likely to be settled in a run-off a week after the first vote. 一系列电视和报纸民意调查表明,三位处于领先地位的竞选人竞争激烈,民意调查人员认为,很可能在首次选举的一个星期后要举行决选。
People in the Middle East, especially Muslims, were especially likely to tell the pollsters they believe the United States plotted the attacks. 中东地区的人,特别是穆斯林信徒,尤其可能对调查者说美国阴谋策划了袭击。
The study of 2,018 adults by pollsters ICM found Britons talk about the weather for about 49 hours every year and the subject comes up more often than work, TV, sport or gossip. 这项由ICM民意调查机构开展的调查共有2018名成年人参加。调查发现,英国人每年谈论天气的时间约为49个小时,而且这一话题比工作、电视、运动或八卦更常出现。
Larry Sabato says the pollsters and other experts he knows in Pennsylvania believe Clinton has a lead of between four and seven percentage points ahead of next Tuesday's primary and is likely to win. 萨巴托说,他认识的宾州选举分析人士和其他专家认为,克林顿在下星期二的初选中领先的幅度是4%到7%,她很可能会获胜。
Some pollsters have concluded that if there is a late shift, it may only happen at the moment voters enter the polling station. 一些民调专家总结称,如果此次大选出现最后一刻的转向,也可能只发生在选民步入投票站的那一刻。
Despite Turkey's emergence as a hub for facial hair transplants, the number of Turkish men wearing mustaches has declined rapidly, according to pollsters. 虽然土耳其成了胡须移植手术的中心,但调查显示,该国国内留小胡子男子的数量已经迅速下降。
But pollsters have asked questions about it for decades now, while economists interpret the data. 但几十年来,调查者一直询问关于幸福的问题,而经济学家们一直在解读这些数据。
The tournament has proved to be a happy refuge for Brazilians who, just a few weeks ago, were so displeased with their country's direction that they told pollsters it was a bad idea to host the competition. 本次比赛已经证明给巴西人带来了难得的欢乐;仅在几周之前,他们还对国家的方向非常不满,以至于在民调中称举办世界杯是个坏主意。
Pollsters may count only those whom they consider to be "likely voters". 测验专家们也许只计算那些他们认为“有希望的选民”。
Pollsters TNS Global conducted the research for football World Cup sponsor Duracell. TNS全球市场信息调研公司为世界杯赞助商金霸王集团做了此次调查。
But pollsters say the public tends to connect failing infrastructure with reports of corruption. 然而,民意调查专家则称,公众更倾向于将薄弱的基础设施归因于腐败。
Of course, thought consumers may tell pollsters they will pay a premium, getting them to do so at the shop may be trickier. 当然,消费者可能会告诉民意调查,他们将支付额外费用,让他们在店,可能是棘手的。
These are the findings of a survey by a pollsters company. 这些都是一家民意测验公司所得出的调查结果。
But pollsters say Senator Kerry has underperformed with women voters. 但是民意调查专家说,(与以往相比)参议员克里在女性选民眼里表现欠佳。
But even friendly pollsters such as Stanley Greenberg and James Carville are picking up signs that the president is becoming vulnerable on national-security issues. 但是诸如StanleyGreenberg和JamesCarville这些善意的民意调查者也发现,总统在关乎国家安全的事情上变得越来越脆弱。
Today, open support for segregation is so rare that pollsters no longer bother to ask the question. 目前,公开支持种族隔离的声音寥寥可数,民意调查者也无需提及这个问题。
Still, however intractable reality may be, pollsters are under pressure to send a clear message. 不过,无论事实多么难以理解,也迫切需要民意测验专家们给出明确讯息。
And of course, there are several reasons to lie to pollsters but no reasons to make a money-losing bet. 显然,有很多理由向民意调查者撒谎,但没有理由进行输钱的赌博。
Hard-up companies will be tempted to opt for cheaper, DIY solutions, to the irritation of established pollsters. 资金紧张的公司可能禁不住选择更便宜的、自己动手做(diy)的方式,这惹恼了传统的调查公司。
And pollsters believe that they may not make up their mind until they enter the polling booth. 民意测验专家们认为她们可能只有走进投票站后才能打定主意。
Whatever voters tell pollsters about China, the underlying trends are good, they say. 他们表示,无论选民在民调中是怎么谈论中国的,根本趋势是好的。
Pollsters and analysts say Mr Obama is now so well ahead of his Republican rival that it would take an exceptional event for him to lose. 一些民调分析机构和分析家表示,奥巴马目前遥遥领先于对手,除非有特别重大的事件发生,否则,奥巴马败选的可能性不大。
First, he energised his supporters, prompting pollsters to bump up their projections of Republican turnout on election day. 第一,激发了支持者的热情,进而使得民意调查机构上调了对选举日共和党人投票率的预期。
The pollsters interviewed the graduates in January – six months after they left university. 调查人员于今年一月份,即毕业生离校六个月之后,对他们进行了访问。
Nearly nine out of 10 voters told the pollsters they were worried about the economy; two-fifths said their own living standards had fallen. 近九成的选民向民意调查者表示,自己对经济十分担心;五分之二的人表示,自己的生活水准有所下降。
Online electronic prediction markets, for example, in which ordinary people bet on the outcome of various events, were more accurate than professional pollsters at predicting the outcome of the last US presidential election. 例如在网上电子预测市场,普通人就各种事件的结果打赌。在预测美国最近一次总统选举的结果时,它比专业的民意测验专家们更准确。
Many voters tell pollsters that higher taxes are not the way to fix Britain's deficit& but neither are spending cuts. 很多选民在民意测验中表示,高税收并不是英国赤字的解药,削减开支也不是。
When asked what it meant by pollsters, most struggled, then fell back on such banalities as "the stiff upper lip" and "drinking tea". 当民意测验专家们被问及该定义时,通常也是很犹豫,最后只好打出一些陈词滥调如“僵硬的上嘴唇”和“喝茶”等。
It's not a formal survey of the sort that, say, political pollsters use. 这次的调查不属于是比方说和政治民意调查这类的正式调查;
A mere 18% of respondents recently told YouGov pollsters that they think the proposed changes are right. 只有18%的受访者告诉“民治”(yougov)调查人员,他们认为政府提出的改革是正确的。