| 词汇 | plebiscite |
| 释义 | plebiscite noun formaluk /ˈpleb.ɪ.sɪt/ us /ˈpleb.ə.saɪt/ a referendum（同referendum） Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting psephologist voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop Examples of plebisciteplebiscite The popular will as expressed in a society's political culture need not coincide with whatever would be reflected in an opinion poll or a plebiscite. This plebiscite, too, should be seen in the light of that struggle. This plebiscite demonstrates - for our purposes here - a far more important point. Yet the author raises an important, albeit underdeveloped theme, that of effective military civilianisation through plebiscites and controlled ' multiparty ' elections. The theory, in any case, proved singularly appropriate for a government that combined authoritarianism and co-optive oligarchy, legitimized by symbolic plebiscites. The all-important plebiscite was only three months away and the 'secession ' versus 'integration ' campaign was at its height. The idea of a plebiscite for the region was not so remarkable. The authors focus on the 1988 plebiscite and subsequent transition to democracy in order to claim that these domestic changes are clear evidence of the spiral model at work. In 1996 and 1999 two attempts to repeal the pension law by requesting a referendum and a plebiscite were rejected by the electoral court on legal grounds. Less than 5% of the people have voted for independence in recent elections and plebiscites, so independence does not seem to be a likely political status in the near future. It is no coincidence that this programme began at the same time that the new constitution (approved by a plebiscite one year earlier) came into effect. Finally, the members of every society should have the right to reject or to ratify their political constitution by regular plebiscites in which each adult has one vote. I do not subscribe to the idea of a plebiscite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My one doubt about the statement is the reference to plebiscites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have opposed the plebiscite for a number of reasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of plebiscite These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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