每日一词【1183】straw poll：非正式投票

今天我们要学的词是straw poll。 Straw poll, 是指决定民意或参选人实力的非正式投票。美国保守派政治行动大会上周末在华盛顿举行。 "Texas Congressman¹ Ron Paul won the Presidential straw poll for the second time in a row," 德克萨斯州国会众议员罗恩·保罗连续第二次在有关总统候选人实力的非正式投票中胜出。 "Former Massachusetts governor Mitt² Romney finished second in the straw poll with 23 percent of the votes," 麻萨诸塞州前州长罗姆尼在投票中排在第二位，得票率百分之23。好的，今天我们学习的词是straw poll... 

1 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

2 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。