referendum
发音
英 [ˌrefəˈrendəm]
美 [ˌrefəˈrendəm]
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- n.
- 公民投票
- 外交官请示书
- 全民公决
- 请示书
单词词源
referendum 全民公决
来自拉丁语 referendum,参考对象,来自 referre,拿回,参考,词源同 refer.-end,动名词后缀, -um,中性格。后引申词义全民公决。
双语例句
- 1. Needless to say , the referendum was not received with much enthusiasm on the continent , and understandably so .
- 毫无疑问,公投在欧洲大陆并未引发多大的热情,这一点可以理解。
- 2. Ironically , prime minister 's cameron 's referendum initiative links the two in an ultimately incompatible fashion .
- 具有讽刺意味的是,卡梅伦首相公投计划以水火不容的方式将这两者结合在了一起。
- 3. But the president 's referendum idea is equally cock-eyed .
- 但总统公投的想法是同样愚蠢的。
- 4. His referendum now seems unlikely to take place .
- 但他的公民投票现在似乎无法举行了。
- 5. But this change must be put to the people in a referendum .
- 但是这次改革必须在全民投票时提交到人民面前。