plebiscite

汉语翻译

n. 公民投票, 平民表决

词型变化：

形容词:plebiscitary 

英语解释：

名词 plebiscite:

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

例句：

1. It was decided by plebiscite.
   那件事是通过公民投票决定的。
2. 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。
3. 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。

详细解释：

pleb.i.scite

n.（名词）
A direct vote in which the entire electorate is invited to accept or refuse a proposal:
公民投票：邀请全体选举人来接受或拒绝一项提议的直接投票：
例句：
.a new constitution, which his people dutifully ratified in a plebiscite.(New York Times)
.由他的人民在公民投票中尽职地批准通过的新宪法.(纽约时报)

A vote in which a population exercises the right of national self-determination.
公民表决：人们行使其国家自决权的表决

来源：
French plébiscite
法语 plébiscite
from Latin plôbiscotum
源自 拉丁语 plôbiscotum
plôbis [genitive of] plôbs [the people] * see pel…-
plôbis [] plôbs的所有格 [人民] *参见 pel…-
scotum [decree] [from neuter past participle of] scoscere [to vote for] [inchoative of] score [to know] * see skei-
scotum [法令] [] 源自scoscere的中性过去分词 [选举] [] score的起始动词 [知道] *参见 skei-

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