plebiscite

名词 plebiscite:

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

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。

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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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plebis.citar.y