| 单词 | polling place |
| 释义 | polling place (once / 20809 pages) n A polling place is where you go to vote. Every four years, Americans go to their polling places to cast their ballots for president. Depending on a person's address, they're assigned an official polling place — this might be a government building, a school, a community center, or a church. On voting day, registered voters can stand in line at their polling place and vote for the people or issues they support. Polling comes from poll, "take the votes of," a word which originally meant "head," and came to also mean "count heads or votes." WORD FAMILYpolling place: polling places USAGE EXAMPLESThe other eight did traditional voting at polling places. Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016) He told the Detroit News, which first reported the story, that ballot scanners often jammed when polling place workers were trying to operate them. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) When he went to his polling place in Bedford on Election Day, he said he felt a bit unnerved. Slate(Nov 30, 2016) n a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election Syn|Hyper polling station place, spot, topographic point a point located with respect to surface features of some region |
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