plebiscite

noun

1. 公民投票；全民公决
   a vote by the people of a country or a region on an issue that is very important
   1. to hold a plebiscite on the country's future system of government
      就国家未来的政府体制举行公民投票

1. 公民投票
   A plebiscite is a direct vote by the people of a country or region in which they say whether they agree or disagree with a particular policy, for example whether a region should become an independent state.

1. This month, in a plebiscite on Catalan independence, four out of five voters opted to secede from Spain.
   最近，在加泰罗尼亚的独立公投上，五分之四的选民赞成脱离西班牙。
2. The decision to concede a plebiscite on the voting system has enraged them.
   卡梅伦同意就选举制度改革举行全民公投的决定，令这些人极为不满。
3. The plebiscite would be held on the renegotiated package, he said at first.
   首先他说要举行一次全民公投。
4. It was decided by plebiscite.
   那件事是通过公民投票决定的。
5. The province decide by plebiscite to lower the voting age to eighteen.
   该省用平民表决的方法将选举年龄降至18岁。
6. Until then, managing the Greek debt crisis is a question for the Greek government – not for a popular plebiscite.
   在那之前，如何管理希腊债务危机应由希腊政府、而非全民公投裁断。
7. The referendum scheduled for November 9 would be non-binding, unlike the plebiscite in Scotland.
   与苏格兰公投不同，这场定于11月9日举行的公投将不具约束力。
8. The Rydalian endorsement of the plebiscite exacerbates the illegal occupation of the Islands in violation of Aspatria's historic title.
   赖德尔人民对全民公决的支持恶化了非法占领离岛对阿斯佩特利亚的侵犯。
9. A plebiscite was held to decide the fate of the country.
   举行了公民投票以决定国家的命运。
10. The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by ( a) plebiscite.
    该少数民族应归属哪一州的问题已由公民投票表决。
11. A new constitution, which his people dutifully ratified in a plebiscite
    由他的人民在公民投票中尽职地批准通过的新宪法
12. A first hurdle was a vote of confidence to endorse Mr Papandreou's proposed plebiscite.
    首要的障碍是如何进行一轮对于支持帕潘德里欧提议的全民公投的信任投票。
13. The recent failure to pass the "Treaty of the EU Constitution" by plebiscite has once again plunged the EU integration process into another crisis.
    《欧盟宪法条约》公决受阻，使欧盟一体化进程再一次遭遇危机。
14. The European Integration as Seen from the Plebiscite on the EU Constitution
    从欧盟宪法公决看欧洲一体化
15. After Hitler took the power in Germany in 1933, the prospect of the Saar Plebiscite looked dim.
    1933年希特勒在德国上台后萨尔地方治安日趋动荡，公决能否顺利进行一度成了悬案。

noun

1. a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance