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referendum

/ref-uh-ren-duhm/US // ˌrɛf əˈrɛn dəm //UK // (ˌrɛfəˈrɛndəm) //

公投,公民投票,全民投票,全民公决

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    plural ref·er·en·dums, ref·er·en·da [ref-uh-ren-duh]. /ˌrɛf əˈrɛn də/.

    • : the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection.Compare initiative.
    • : a measure thus referred.
    • : a vote on such a measure.

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Examples

  • One immediate effect is that Shoprite’s call is being discussed as a referendum on the state of Nigeria’s economy which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and accompanying lockdown measures.

  • Local ballot measures include a referendum on North River Farms, a mixed-use development on agricultural land, as well as an initiative that could limit Council members and the mayor to three four-year teams.

  • Or, who knows, maybe we’re going to get so stuck we have to go to a general election or a referendum and that might mean a different outcome.

  • There are many also on the Remain side, on my side of the argument, who lost, who accept that a referendum was inevitable, or accept that a referendum was mandated by Parliament.

  • He explains why he called for the referendum that effectively ended his political career.

  • In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.

  • The month of May will see an Irish referendum on the legalization of same-sex marriage.

  • In February, Slovakia will have a referendum on whether marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a woman.

  • And randomly selected panels are well suited to political questions that we might otherwise addresses through a big referendum.

  • In particular, a video of an apparently inebriated Morgan has embarrassed supporters of the referendum.

  • A majority of the voters voted in the affirmative at the referendum election held in January 1956.

  • The referendum is the submission of every issue to the people.

  • I've got news too—the referendum was eight to one for strike—and the national's wired that John Dawson's on the way!

  • One reason for this result was that the verdict was given in a general election, not in a referendum.

  • Having achieved that status the Irish people may by referendum freely choose their own form of government.