referendum是什么意思？

referendum

英[ˌrefəˈrendəm] 美[ˌrɛfəˈrɛndəm]

• n. 公民投票，外交官请示书，全民公决，请示书；

复数：referenda; referendums;

例句

• Is it more truly democratic to hold a referendum? 举行公民投票是否真的更民主呢？
• He tendered the committee a referendum. 他向该委员会提交了一份备忘录。
• In the referendum many people abstained. 在这次公民投票中许多人弃权。
• It's kind of a referendum, though a lot of issues are packed in. 这算是全民公决，虽然牵涉到很多问题。
• ...if his referendum law failed to get through... 如果他的全民公决法案未获通过
• The Referendum Examination Commission encroaches the presidents executive personnel. 公民投票审议委员会的设计则有侵犯总统人事任命权之虞.
• Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place. 一些实业家认为政府应该在全民公决前果断出手解决棘手的货币贬值问题。
• Estonia said it too planned to hold a referendum on independence. 爱沙尼亚称其也计划就独立问题进行全民公决。
• The prime minister is facing a revolt by party activists over his refusal to hold a referendum... 因为拒绝进行公民投票，首相正面临着党内激进分子的反抗。
• Austrians voted for EU membership by a two-to-one majority in a June 1994 referendum, but the honeymoon is definitely over... 奥地利在1994年6月举行的全民公决中以2比1的多数票支持加入欧盟，但这一蜜月期明显已经结束了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  公民投票；全民公决
  If a country holds a referendum on a particular policy, they ask the people to vote on the policy and show whether or not they agree with it.
  例句
  Estonia said it too planned to hold a referendum on independence. 爱沙尼亚称其也计划就独立问题进行全民公决。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (就某政治问题的)公民投票
  Is it more truly democratic to hold a referendum? 举行公民投票是否真的更民主呢？

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate

行业词典

• 法律： 请示书；复决制；全民投票；