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（尤用于支撐的）桿
A pole is a long thin piece of wood or metal, used especially for supporting things.
例句
The truck crashed into a telegraph pole...
卡車撞到了電線桿上。
He reached up with a hooked pole to roll down the metal shutter.
他用帶鉤的桿子把金屬護窗拉了下來。
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（地）極
The earth's poles are the two opposite ends of its axis, its most northern and southern points.
例句
For six months of the year, there is hardly any light at the poles.
在南北極，每年有6個月時間幾乎沒有光照。
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（特質、意見或信仰）截然相反的兩極之一；極端
The two poles of a range of qualities, opinions, or beliefs are the completely opposite qualities, opinions, or beliefs at either end of the range.
例句
The two politicians represent opposite poles of the political spectrum.
這兩位從政者代表了政界的兩個極端。
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（信仰、意見或性質）截然相反，南轅北轍
If you say that two people or things are poles apart, you mean that they have completely different beliefs, opinions, or qualities.