referendums

referendums

美 [?ref??rend?m] 　英 [.ref?'rend?m]

• n.(決定政策可否等的)公民表決；投票(權)；公民所投的票

詞形變化

同義詞

英漢解釋

英英解釋

例句

And since France and the Netherlands voted "no" in two referendums in 2005 it has been unable to agree on its own constitution.

自從2005年法國和荷蘭兩次在全民公決中投出反對票以來，歐盟就再也無法就其憲法達成一致。

Mr Berlusconi said he would boycott the referendums.

貝盧斯科尼表示他要抵制公投。

But because it was turned down in the French and Dutch referendums, the treaty has not been ratified.

但是因為它在法國和荷蘭的全民公投中被否決了，所以并沒有正式生效。

Referendums, in which voters approve or reject laws already passed by a legislature, were the least radical change.

公決制下選民可以批準或者否決已由立法機關通過的法律，是最不極端的變革。

Now the risk of a two-speed EU, with Sweden and Denmark in the outer lane, has led to speculation about fresh referendums in both countries.

至此由于瑞典和丹麥尚在歐元區外，雙速歐洲的風險來推斷，兩國會舉行新一輪的投票表決。

cols, which twice held referendums on independence and came within a few thousand votes of winning one of them in1995.

原來，這些選民一般都支持魁人黨，該黨就獨立問題舉行了兩次全民公投，在。

He pointed out that they would require referendums in at least four countries.

他指出，他將在至少四個國家要求公民投票。

Italy's billionaire premier suffered a defeat in Italian local elections in May and a setback in a series of referendums weeks later.

今年5月份，意大利的富豪總理在地方選舉中失敗，數周之后在一系列公投中也遭遇挫折。

Dissent, whether expressed through referendums, elections or the debating chambers of national parliaments, will have only a limited impact.

不同意見，不管是來自全民公決、選舉還是國家的議會辯論，都只能施加有限的影響。

Matching results in the other three referendums suggested that they had turned into a big vote of no confidence in the prime minister.

其他三次公投結果也與此類似，表明公投成為了一場對總理極大不信任的表決。

Since 2005 there have been elections for the presidency, too, replacing the previous embarrassingly unanimous referendums.

自2005年開始，也有了總統選舉，來代替以前讓人難堪的意見一致的公民投票。

On June 12th-13th he suffered his third and most significant political defeat in less than a month, when he lost a clutch of referendums.

在不到一個月的時間里，他遭到三次政治打擊，發生在六月12日到13日的第三次為最甚，他失去了數量巨大的選票。

Two controversial referendums , calling for Taiwan to apply for membership in the United Nations, also fell well short of passage.

兩份充滿爭議的、旨在呼吁臺灣成為聯合國成員的公民投票（即“入聯公投”——譯者注）遭遇阻力。

In this Californian election voters had to decide on three new types of balloting: referendums, recalls and initiatives.

在加州該次選舉中，選民必須在三種投票制度上進行抉擇：公決制、罷免制和創議制。

Since the 1990s, three states have passed referendums barring racial preferences, and four more may do so in November.

1990年之后，有三個州相繼通過公投否決了種族優惠。

Note the results of the recent referendums in California, where voters rejected all budget-balancing proposals.

注意最近加利福利亞州的公民投票結果，選民們否決了所有平衡預算的提議。

Second is a procedural dispute over two referendums to be held with the election.

第二個是對跟選舉一起進行的兩個公投的程序上的爭論。

Senior figures point to weak support for the European project in lots of countries and No votes in various referendums.

有高級人物指出許多國家對歐盟計劃的支持減弱，以及在進行各種公民投票時投棄權票。

We can easily see that many Taiwanese people have mixed in many political factors in their understanding and debate of referendums .

從這件事情可以看出，許多臺灣民眾對公民投票的理解與爭議其實摻雜了蠻多政治性的解讀。

Referendums would have been lost in many other countries had their people been given a say.

公投在一些人民有發言權的國家可能是不能取得理想的結果。

It is an identity that revolves around neutrality, and, yes, an awkward tradition of citizens' referendums.

這是一個徘徊在中立周圍的身份，也是一個對公民公投尷尬的傳統。

Most alarmingly, though, is that the Lisbon Treaty can be extended indefinitely without recourse to further treaties or referendums.

然而，更令人震驚的是，里斯本條約可以在未來不需要補充協議或全民公決的條件下無限期延長。

Referendums are often the main instrument.

復決投票是常用的主要工具。

Residents, for their part, will be able to instigate local referendums on any local issue.

居民將能夠就當地任何重要議題進行地方公投。

The constitution's grandeur alarmed voters sufficiently that in 2005 it was killed off by referendums in France and the Netherlands.

歐盟憲法的龐大使投票者極為不安，因而2005年法國和荷蘭的全民公投否決了該憲法。

Increasingly, citizens protest or call referendums instead. Mr zu Guttenberg offered a fresh face.

取而代之的是越來越多的市民抗議活動以及呼吁全民公決。

Those would be good principles to apply to referendums, too.

另外這些不錯的原則同樣也適用于公民公決。

Mr Cameron has broken the link between Europe and referendums, but he cannot kill the issue altogether.

卡梅倫切斷了歐洲和公投的聯系，但他不可能將二者一起消滅。

By contrast, his new position on referendums is sensible and mature: even a climb-down is preferable to madness.

相比之下，卡梅倫在公投問題上的新立場不僅合情合理，同時也顯得成熟穩重：比起瘋狂，食言要好得多。

Around a dozen national referendums have now been held on such EU issues as new treaties and whether to join the euro.

約一打的國家正對歐盟新條約和是否加入歐元區進行公投表決，其中六個以失敗告終。

Enroll on the Electoral Register and vote at Federal and State elections and referendums.

登記做選民在聯邦政府及省政府選舉及全民投票。

BY-ELECTIONS are often dramatic referendums on the government of the day.

對如今的政府而言，補選經常充滿戲劇意味。

In the past the suitability of referendums for large-scale democracies and democratic polities has been called into question.

過去常有人對公投的質疑是，大型的民主國家或民主政體并不適合用公民投票。

They want to promote openness and citizens' participation, in part by making referendums binding.

他們想要部分通過公投提升公開程度和公民的參與度。

The vote went ahead despite the noes in referendums in France and the Netherlands.

而此前在法國及荷蘭的公民投票中，該法案并沒有得到通過。

Last month 167 separatist-minded towns and villages held informal referendums.

上月，167名分裂主義城鎮、鄉村舉行了非正式的全民公投。

And referendums can reject treaties (just ask the Irish).

而且公民投票可能會駁回條約（問問愛爾蘭人就知道）。

Pending referendums, 12 big cities outside London could have elected mayors by 2013.

全面公投前2013年前除倫敦外的12個大城市本可能自選市長。

Since 1990 Germans have made more than 200 bids to hold state-level referendums, compared with fewer than 30 in the three previous decades.

1990年以來德國人曾經200次以民眾的力量控制了州級的全民投票，而那之前的三十年間這一數字只有30次。

Referendums have shown that almost all want to stay that way.

多次的公民投票揭示幾乎所有直布羅陀人都希望保持這樣一種狀態。