| 词汇 | referendum |
| 释义 | referendum noun[ C ] uk /ˌref.əˈren.dəm/ us /ˌref.əˈren.dəm/pluralreferendums or formalreferendauk /ˌref.əˈren.də/ us /ˌref.əˈren.də/(formalplebiscite) C2 a vote in which all the people in a country or an area are asked to give their opinion about or decide an important political or social question: （就重大政治或社会问题进行的）全民公决，全民公投 Is it more democratic to hold a referendum, rather than let the government alone decide?进行一次全民公决，而不是由政府自己作出决定，是不是要更民主些？ A nationwide referendum will be held to decide the issue. The opposition are demanding a referendum on the issue. A referendum was held on the question of whether the U.K. should remain a member of the European Community. The proposed referendum is consultative only and is not binding on Parliament. There has been much debate over the exact wording of the referendum. Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip proportional representation proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop referendum | American Dictionaryreferendum noun[ C ] us/ˌref·əˈren·dəm/pluralreferendums or referendaus/ˌref·əˈren·də/ a vote in which all the people in a country or an area decide on an important question Examples of referendumreferendum In the case of the president's party, the relationship between performance and the vote contradicts standard referendum theories of economic voting. It does this when it elects those in government or gives support to one or another policy in a referendum. However, we should not forget that casting a vote in a referendum is not exactly the same as advancing an opinion in a survey. In calling for this referendum and appealing directly to the people, the government side-stepped the existing amendment procedures. Yet, it must be noted that the referendum was purely a procedural measure seeking to institutionalise a process of demilitarisation that had already taken place. Therefore, under the constitution the multiparty question is left to a future referendum and not definitively settled. Up until 1945, the optional referendum represented an efficient veto point for groups opposing the welfare state to dilute state-interventionist social policies. While the referendum is supposed to have braking effects and a tendency to reinforce the status quo, constitutional (popular) initiatives imply important indirect innovation effects. In the hypothetical survey referendum in each location between 70 to 89 per cent voted for paying $20 annually to support global warming prevention. Still, not knowing how to vote in a referendum presupposes that one does not have an unequivocal opinion about the issue at stake. Making the central bank independent should not be a significant obstacle if a referendum can be won. A constitutional assembly and referendum were, according to the government, appropriate in a transition from a dictatorial or one-party regime. One of them was to hold a referendum on the fourth nuclear power plant, which has been an important movement claim since late 1980s. All four of these referendums successfully generated an antinuclear majority, as activists predicted. When the international community set about to hold a referendum starting in 1991, it had to make a pragmatic distinction. 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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