pollster

noun

1. 民意测验主办人；民意调查员
   a person who makes or asks the questions in an opinion poll

1. 民意调查人；民意测验机构
   A pollster is a person or organization who asks large numbers of people questions to find out their opinions on particular subjects.

1. Nathan Richter, lead pollster on the wakefield research study, said that in a world where most everything these days is shared online, "we want the credit when we share ideas with our boss."
   韦克菲尔德研究中心这份调研的首席测验专家内森•里奇特表示，在这个几乎什么事情都要拿到网上分享的时代，“如果我们与上司分享创意，还是希望能有一份功劳。”
2. Quinnipiac pollster Peter Brown says Americans have concluded the Iraq war was not worth the cost, but he adds that they remain divided on what to do next.
   Quinnipiac大学的民意测验专家彼得·布朗说，美国民众认为伊拉克战争不值得打，但他补充到，人们对于下一步该做采取什么行动仍存在分歧。
3. Quinnipiac University pollster Clay Richards says a large number of voters apparently have already made up their minds about which candidate to support in November.
   奎尼匹埃克大学从事民意调查的克莱.理查兹说，很显然，很大一批选民对将在11月的选举中支持哪位候选人已经作出了决定。
4. But Quinnipiac pollster Peter Brown says that so far, there is little evidence to suggest that Obama got much of a public relations boost, or bounce, out of his trip.
   不过，格林尼匹亚大学的民调专家彼得·布朗恩说，到目前为止，没有证据显示，奥巴马的这次外交之旅，在公关方面有很大收获。
5. Obama had trouble winning working class support in his primary battles with former rival Hillary Clinton, but pollster Clay Richards says he appears to be making some inroads.
   奥巴马在初选中，也就是在与对手希拉里。克林顿争夺民主党提名时，在争取工薪阶层选民时遇到了困难。但是理查兹说，目前，奥巴马似乎已经取得一些进展。
6. Those conversations never left me, he explained over a recent lunch, adding that his value as a pollster is his ability to write questions in the language of these men and women and to hear the answers accurately.
   我身边总是存在这类对话，他在近日的一次午餐中解释，而他作为一个民意调查专家的价值，就在于能够运用这些人的语言来编写问题，并准确解读他们的回答。
7. Quinnipiac University pollster Peter Brown says recent surveys showed that Trump and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin have some serious image problems with the public.
   昆尼皮亚克大学的民意调查员彼得.布朗说，最近的民调显示，川普和前阿拉斯加州长佩林都有严重的公众形像问题。
8. The non-governmental organisation based its analysis on almost 60,000 interviews in 62 countries conducted by Gallup International, the pollster, between July and September – a period when the rich world was awash with corruption scandals.
   透明国际是一个非政府组织，其分析数据来自民调机构盖洛普国际（GallupInternational）今年7月至9月在62个国家进行的近6万次访谈。在此期间，富国世界充溢着腐败丑闻。
9. "Reagan had a37-percent job approval rating at this point in1983," said the pollster.
   1983年的那个时候，里根的工作赞同率是百分之37。
10. Figures from Gallup, a pollster, reveal just how widespread such corruption is ( see chart).
    民意测试专家盖洛普刚刚公布的调查数据显示，此类贪污行为范围之广泛。
11. The footballer had already come first in a comparable survey by pollster Ifop six months ago.
    早在半年前伊福普民调机构开展的一项对比调查中，这位足球名将就已是“独占鳌头”。
12. Quinnipiac University pollster Peter Brown says Cain's challenge will be to continue building support even as attention on him intensifies.
    昆尼皮亚克大学的民调专家彼得。布朗说，尽管凯恩将会受到大量的关注，但他的参选将会继续获得更多的支持。
13. "More and more Palestinians, particularly women and the young, are identifying with a religious rather than national struggle," says a pollster at Near East Consulting, a leading West Bank barometer.
    “越来越多的巴勒斯坦人，特别是妇女和青年，都认同宗教斗争，而不是国家战争”&在近东咨询处的一名约旦河西岸晴雨表民意调查家如是说。
14. According to Ipsos MORI, a pollster, three-quarters of people plan to spend at least as much on their garden this year as last.
    根据民意调查公司Ipsos的数据，四分之三的人们计划至少花费与去年一样的时间用于园艺。
15. This all sounds like a formula for success: a brilliant pollster who will steer his candidate to the centre but who will not try to turn an election victory into a White House empire.
    这一切听起来像是成功的策略：出色的民调专家引导自己助选的总统候选人走向中间路线，但不会试图利用胜选构建白宫帝国。
16. But in general, as every pollster avers, it is the future more than the past that motivates voting.
    但总的来说，一如每次民意测验显示的那样，投票的动力源自对未来的希望而不是对过去的纠缠。

noun

1. someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
   1. a pollster conducts public opinion polls
   2. a headcounter counts heads

   Synonym:    poll takerheadcountercanvasser