referendums

英 [ˌrɛfəˈrɛndəmz]

美 [ˌrɛfəˈrɛndəmz]

n.  全民投票; 全民公决
referendum的复数

双语例句

• The modern referendum as a political institution was firstly established during the French Revolution, therefore studying the practice of the referendums is very useful for us to understand this special institution.
  现代全民公决制度肇始于法国大革命时期，研究这一时期全民公决的实践活动对于我们系统探讨全民公决制度是大有裨益的。
• Even if one believes that referendums are not always desirable, it is both stupefyingly arrogant and anti-democratic to refuse to take no for an answer.
  虽然有人认为公投不是非举行不可，但是没有否决权于情于理都说不通。
• This is unsurprising given that re-election campaigns are usually referendums on the incumbent.
  这毫不奇怪，因为连任竞选的意义通常是就现任总统表现举行的一次全民公投。
• We have real referendums on independence, where even the defeated parties end up as winners.
  我们举行了真正的独立公投，而即使是被击败的党派，最后也成为了赢家。
• They want to promote openness and citizens'participation, in part by making referendums binding.
  他们想要部分通过公投提升公开程度和公民的参与度。
• And two states, Washington and Georgia, have referendums on creation of charter schools.
  还有两个州，华盛顿州和乔治亚州有关于创办特许学校的公投。
• The practice and its meaning of the referendums during the French Revolution
  法国大革命时期全民公决的实践及其意义
• A proposed EU constitution was rejected in referendums in France and the Netherlands then promptly repackaged as the Lisbon treaty and rejected again, this time by the voters of Ireland.
  拟议中的欧盟宪法在法国和荷兰的全民公决遭到否决，然后迅速重新包装为《里斯本条约》（lisbontreaty），并再次遭到否决这次是爱尔兰。
• Unlike in places like California and Switzerland, referendums are extremely rare in Greece, with the last such vote held in 1974 when the country voted to abolish the monarchy.
  和美国加州、瑞士等地不同，全民公投在希腊极其罕见，上一次公投要追溯到遥远的1974年，当时是为了废除君主制。
• Markets are unlikely to wait for the EU to call a constitutional convention, debate schemes for integration and negotiate a text, only to see it buffeted in parliamentary votes and referendums.
  市场貌似已经等不到欧盟再召开宪政会议、无休止地辩论整合方案或者为条文内容协商谈判了，更何况迎接它们的永远只是议会的投票否决。