referendum

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UK [.refə'rendəm]
  • n.全民公决；全民投票
  • Web公民投票；公投；复决
Plural Form：referendums  Plural Form：referenda  

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Referendum
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全民投票；全民公决an occasion when all the people of a country can vote on an important issue
Switzerland decided to hold a referendum on joining the EU.
瑞士决定就加入欧盟问题举行全民投票。
The changes were approved by referendum.
全民投票赞同这些变革。

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The Germans hope that Mr Brown, like Mr Sarkozy, will be ready to push a new treaty through parliament, without a referendum.
德国人希望布朗能够像法国的萨尔科奇一样，向议会提交新的法案进行表决，而不是进行全民公投。
dé guó rén xī wàng bù lǎng néng gòu xiàng fǎ guó de sà ěr kē qí yí yàng , xiàng yì huì tí jiāo xīn de fǎ àn jìn xíng biǎo jué , ér bú shì jìn xíng quán mín gōng tóu 。
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This draft referendum raises the question of what Taiwan should be called in the international community.
公投草案提出了台湾在国际社会应使用什么名称的问题。
gōng tóu cǎo àn tí chū le tái wān zài guó jì shè huì yīng shǐ yòng shén me míng chēng de wèn tí 。
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Thus Britain would have to hold a referendum to adopt the single currency or to cede its vetoes over EU foreign policy, for instance.
这么一来，英国不得不就是否使用欧盟统一货币，抑或就是否放弃其对欧盟外交政策的否决权等问题展开公投。
zhè me yì lái , yīng guó bù dé bù jiù shì fǒu shǐ yòng ōu méng tǒng yī huò bì , yì huò jiù shì fǒu fàng qì qí duì ōu méng wài jiāo zhèng cè de fǒu jué quán děng wèn tí zhǎn kāi gōng tóu 。
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The next election is unlikely to be a referendum on energy policy and much more likely to be about broader economic issues.
下一次选举不太可能是一场能源政策的全民公投，而更可能是关于更广泛的经济问题的。
xià yī cì xuǎn jǔ bù tài kě néng shì yī chǎng néng yuán zhèng cè de quán mín gōng tóu , ér gèng kě néng shì guān yú gèng guǎng fàn de jīng jì wèn tí de 。
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Rose won his title only a year after Australians had voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to recognise indigenous Australians' rights.
澳大利亚人投票表决承认澳大利亚原著民的权利后，罗斯仅花了一年时间赢得了冠军。
ào dà lì yà rén tóu piào biǎo jué chéng rèn ào dà lì yà yuán zhù mín de quán lì hòu , luó sī jǐn huā le yī nián shí jiān yíng dé le guàn jūn 。
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The referendum might have become a protest vote against the long-serving taoiseach.
他说，公投将变成对Ahern长期霸占总理职位的一种示威。
tā shuō , gōng tóu jiāng biàn chéng duì Ahern cháng qī bà zhàn zǒng lǐ zhí wèi de yī zhǒng shì wēi 。
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During the Lisbon treaty referendum the European Commission made clear that this was not and would not be under threat.
在《里斯本条约》公投期间，欧盟委员会（EC）明确表示，公司税率没有、也不会受到威胁。
zài 《 lǐ sī běn tiáo yuē 》 gōng tóu qī jiān , ōu méng wěi yuán huì ( EC ) míng què biǎo shì , gōng sī shuì lǜ méi yǒu 、 yě bú huì shòu dào wēi xié 。
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I think your readers will end up feeling deceived by Cameron over the question of a referendum.
在全民公决这个问题上，我认为你的读者最终会感到自己受到了卡梅隆的欺骗。
zài quán mín gōng jué zhè ge wèn tí shàng , wǒ rèn wéi nǐ de dú zhě zuì zhōng huì gǎn dào zì jǐ shòu dào le kǎ méi lóng de qī piàn 。
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Legal experts doubt the constitutionality of a referendum to call for a rerun of an election.
法律专家怀疑就重新选举进行全民公决的宪法性。
fǎ lǜ zhuān jiā huái yí jiù chóng xīn xuǎn jǔ jìn xíng quán mín gōng jué de xiàn fǎ xìng 。
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"I don't believe the prime minister will call a referendum; the risk of a no is too high, " says Steen Bocian, the bank's chief economist.
塔斯科银行首席经济师斯蒂恩波斯亚表示：“我相信首相不会召开公开表决的，因为反对呼声的风险太高。”
tǎ sī kē yín háng shǒu xí jīng jì shī sī dì ēn bō sī yà biǎo shì : " wǒ xiāng xìn shǒu xiàng bú huì zhào kāi gōng kāi biǎo jué de , yīn wèi fǎn duì hū shēng de fēng xiǎn tài gāo 。 "
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