A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

一个公开的民意测验无法代替思考。

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In modern western society, public-opinion poll commonly includes the investigation of public opinions, public feelings and consensus.

在现代西方社会，“民意调查”一般包括对民意、舆情、舆论的调查。

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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。

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Officials will always leak, because leaks affect public opinion, and public opinion rules in a poll-saturated democracy.

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When a politician breaks the pattern and speaks the truth--normally in a crisis too sudden to permit the conducting of a public opinion poll--he gains instant beatification, as Rudy Giuliani and George W. Bush discovered after Sept. 11.

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And a post-speech opinion poll shows a divided public.

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