• 58%美国民众支持娱乐用大麻合法化

    13-10-25 According to the latest Gallup survey, 58 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use. 据权威调查机构盖洛普公司发布的一份最新民调结果显示,高达58%的美国民众支持将休闲娱乐用大麻合法化。 Gallup says the poll culminates a year...

  • Push poll 推手民调

    13-03-07 Push poll is an opinion poll whose real purpose is to influence people's opinions rather than to collect information about them. Push poll指以民调之名行影响民意之实的民意调查,这种调查的真正目的不是收集人们的意见,而是影响人们的看法,即推手民调。 In...

  • 安倍晋三当选日本首相

    12-12-26 Conservative former PM Shinzo Abe has been voted in as prime minister again by Japan's MPs. 日本前保守派首相安倍晋三再次被日本议会选为首相。 This is Mr Abe's second shot at the top job, after a brief term as PM in 2006-7 Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic...

  • 象牙海岸严禁联合国与法国飞机起降

    11-03-11 The government of disputed President Laurent Gbagbo has banned UN and French peacekeeping aircraft from flying over, or landing in Ivory Coast. 象牙海岸争议总统洛朗巴博领导的政府禁止联合国和法国的维和飞机飞越或者降落。 The UN monitored the long-dela...

  • 南苏丹独立公投结果已达60%

    11-01-13 South Sudan has reached the 60% turnout needed to pass the referendum on secession from the north, the south's ruling party and ex-rebel group says. 南苏丹执政党、前反叛组织宣称,南苏丹脱离北苏丹所举行的全民公投其结果已经超过60%。 Hundreds of southe...

  • 伦敦出租车服务获评世界最佳

    10-08-21 London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll. 一项有关出租车的年度调查显示,伦敦出租车因其态度友好、熟悉路线的出租车司机获评世界最佳出租车服务。 The...

  • 澳大利亚大选 “章鱼妹”预测拉德将获胜

    10-07-25 世界杯期间章鱼保罗八猜八中的骄人成绩使得世界各地涌现了不少章鱼的粉丝,各国都涌现了用章鱼来预测重大事件的热潮。近日,澳大利亚女总理刚刚宣布要参加8月的大选,便有媒体推出了名为卡珊德拉的神奇章鱼妹来预测大选结果,称杰拉德将获胜。 The Sydney Morning Hera...

  • 六成美国民众对奥巴马缺乏信心

    10-07-17 Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they lack faith in President Barack Obama, according to a public opinion poll published on Tuesday. 本周二公布的一项民调显示,近60%的美国选民对总统贝拉克奥巴马缺乏信心。 The results of the Washington Post/ABC...

  • 苏丹总统巴希尔大肆鼓吹选举之公平性

    10-04-09 Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has insisted that the forthcoming elections will be free and fair. 苏丹总统奥马尔巴希尔坚持宣称,即将到来的总统选举会是自由、公平的。 The withdrawal of so many parties is a serious blow to the poll's credibility In a...

  • 苏丹反对党要求自由、公平选举

    10-04-03 A key northern opposition party in Sudan has issued an ultimatum to President Omar al-Bashir to ensure free and fair elections this month. 苏丹北方一个主要反对党向总统奥马尔巴希尔发出最后通牒:必须确保本月选举自由、公平地进行。 If Sadiq al-Mahdi's p...