The judge is often regarded as the representative of the public and therefore should give heed to public opinions in law.
从法理上讲，法官往往被认为是民意的代表，应倾听民意；With only a week to go, the polls show that the two candidates are running neck and neck. The race is still so.
离选举只有一星期了，民意测验结果显示两名侯选人不相上下，竞争如此激烈，所以可能要到最后一刻结果才见分晓。Polls come and go, as politicians like to say, but the two big parties seem to be trading fairly consistently at around six points apart.
政客们常说民意无常，但是这两大党似乎一直在你追我赶，彼此间的差距总是保持在6%左右。Earlier this year, Chatham House, a think-tank, commissioned twin polls of the general public and a group of "elite opinion formers" .
今年早期，一个名为皇家国际事务研究所的智囊团对大众和一组“杰出理念构思者”进行了民意调查。Many white voters told pollsters that they would vote for the black candidate but, in the anonymity of the voting booth, they did not.
很多的白人选民对民意调查人声称自己愿意投票给黑人候选者，但是在匿名投票中，他们却没有这样做。For all the buzz of CPAC, however, the straw poll has never been a reliable guide to ultimate success.
抛开党内的喧嚣，民意调查测验对最终的胜利并没有多大的指导意义。A Gallup poll also found that people seem to be abandoning the Republicans for the Democrats.
一项盖洛普民意调查（Galluppoll）发现人们似有抛弃共和党转而选择民主党的倾向。So much of a national issue that Obama's popularity took a hit, especially among white voters, according to a poll released Thursday.
根据周四公布的一项民意调查，这一问题闹到了全国性的程度，使奥巴马的声望受到了冲击，特别是白人选民的支持率出现下滑。"I do not know if it [demonstrating] affects public opinion, but it keeps the awareness there, " she said.
她说：“我不知道游行是否会影响民意，但是游行会让大家继续关注这件事。”