referendum

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President Kaunda fulfilled his promise of announcing a date for the referendum.
卡翁达总统兑现了他的承诺，宣布了全民公决的日期。
Parliament has bowed to the demand for a referendum next year.
议会在人们的要求下已同意在明年举行全民公投。
A referendum would be divisive.
公投将产生分歧。
Ireland decided to hold a referendum on divorce.
爱尔兰决定就离婚问题进行全民投票。
He risks defeat in the referendum which he called, but which threatens to boomerang against him.
他冒着失败的危险进行他所谓的“公投”，但这恐怕会反过来对他不利。

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

If a country holds a referendum on a particular policy, they ask the people to vote on the policy and show whether or not they agree with it.

公民投票
Self-determination by referendum should obey international laws under the supervision of international institutions such as United Nations, and absolve domestic laws in the meantime.
采取公民投票的和平方式要符合国际法,要在联合国等国际机构的监督之下,同时也要符合国内法的相关规定。
“公投”
PartⅡ: focusing on Chen Shui-bian authorities to promote "referendum" the history and practice.
第二部分:着重研究陈水扁当局推动“公投”的历史及实践活动。
全民公投
This thesis holds that the reasons for Irish referendum against Lisbon Treaty Irish owe to the conflict between the member states' national interests and the arrangements of supranational mechanisms.
人类政治实验室的进程为何如此曲折起伏? 本文认为此次爱尔兰全民公投否决里斯本条约,是因为里斯本条约下的超国家机制安排与爱尔兰国家利益产生了矛盾。
历史学
公决
Referendum,initiative and recall were used and had legal foundation in early American history.
美国历史早期对公决、创制和罢免有过使用和法律规定。
商业
公民投票