plebiscite
英 ['plebɪsaɪt; -sɪt]
美['plɛbɪsɪt]
- n. 公民投票；平民表决
实用场景例句
- 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
牛津词典
- 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.
辞典例句
- A plebiscite was taken as to whether this was a fitting punishment.
- 如此惩办是否妥当,还特地举行了一次公民投票.
名作英译部分
- It was decided by plebiscite.
- 那件事是通过公民投票决定的.
期刊摘选
- The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by plebiscite.
- 该少数民族应归属哪一州的问题已由公民投票表决.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- Mr Ch á vez, though not a candidate, has turned it plebiscite on himself.
- 虽然查韦斯先生不是候选人, 但是他把这次选举当作是对他的公民投票.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- It was Iceland's first plebiscite since the island's independence from Denmark in 1944.
- 这是该国在1944年脱离丹麦独立后举行的首次全民公投.
期刊摘选
- 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
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》