plebiscite
美音:
[´plebə´saıt
]英音:
[´plebə´saıt
]n.平民制定法,公民投票
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plebiscite为短语/超纲词汇
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形容词:plebiscitary
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plebiscite
/'plebɪsɪt; [US] -saɪt; `plɛbə,saɪt/
n (politics 政) (decision made by a) direct vote by all qualified citizens on an important political matter 公民投票(的表决)
*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.
* 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. Cf 参看 referendum.
plebiscite
n [U and C]formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;Origin: plébiscite, from
Latin plebis scitum
'decision of the common people']
a system by which everyone in a country or area votes on an important decision that affects the whole country or area
plebiscite on a plebiscite on independence→
referendum