单词straw poll
n.: （选举前的）非正式民意测验
网络: 意向性投票；测验民意的投票；测验民意的假投票
（选举前的）非正式民意测验:
an occasion when a number of people are asked in an informal way to give their opinion about sth or to say how they are likely to vote in an election
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But word of his candidacy did not seem to set the straw poll on fire: he secured just under 4% of the vote that way.
但派瑞对自己候选人身份的讲话并没有太多人买帐：通过这种方式他仅仅保住了不到百分之四的支持率。
For all the buzz of CPAC, however, the straw poll has never been a reliable guide to ultimate success.
抛开党内的喧嚣，民意调查测验对最终的胜利并没有多大的指导意义。
After a minute of discussion, Li called for another straw poll, and it was clear that some of the mutineers had been winnowed.
在经过一分钟的讨论之后，李导游又进行了另一次草根投票，很显然不少的异议人士这次被和谐掉了。
But a straw poll of dozens of protesters arrived at a consensus that the Brotherhood was not the organizer.
不过，但数十名接受访问的抗议人士都说，穆斯林兄弟会不是组织者。
Florida is too big and important a state for the result even of a straw poll there to be ignored.
佛州是一个非常重要的竞选州以至于每一个选票都不能忽略。
Straw poll participants are not representative of even Republican primary voters, let alone the general electorate.
参与模拟投票的投票者甚至都不能代表共和党的主要选民，更不要提代表总体选民了。
The Iowa Straw Poll, as the event is known, effectively kicks off the race for the Republican Party"s presidential nomination next year.
这个所谓的爱奥华州草根性的投票，将是众多共和党人竞争该党总统候选人的开始。
Candidates with the prominence and fund-raising prowess of Mr Romney and Mr Perry can afford to shrug off the results of the straw poll.
像罗姆尼和派瑞这样颇具声望又善于筹资的候选人来说，他们可以对模拟投票的结果毫不在意。
Mrs Bachmann"s victory in the straw poll is a boost for her campaign.
巴赫曼夫人在非正式投票中的胜利将大大增加她竞选的筹码。
But the straw poll does winnow out people like Mr Pawlenty, who staked his campaign on a strong showing.
但是民意调查确实挑选出了一些人，像波伦蒂先生，他把他的竞争赌在有力的表现上。