plebiscite
英 ['pleb?sa?t; -s?t]
美['pl?b?s?t]
- n. 公民投票；平民表決
低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?plebiscites;
中文詞源
plebiscite 全民公決
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)plebisctium,人民法令，人民決定，來(lái)自pleb,普通人，平民，scitum,法令，判斷， 詞源同science.后用于指現(xiàn)代意義上的全民公決。
英英釋意
- 1. a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
英文詞源
- plebiscite (n.)
- "direct vote of the people," 1860 (originally in reference to Italian unification), from French plébiscite (1776 in modern sense, originally with reference to Switzerland), from Latin plebiscitum "a decree or resolution of the people," from plebs (genitive plebis) "the common people" (see plebeian (adj.)) + scitum "decree," noun use of neuter past participle of sciscere "to assent, vote for, approve," inchoative of scire "to know" (see science). Used earlier (1530s) in a purely Roman historical context. Related: Plebiscitary.
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- to hold a plebiscite on the country's future system of government
- 就國(guó)家未來(lái)的政府體制舉行公民投票
牛津詞典
- A plebiscite was held to decide the fate of the country.
- 舉行了公民投票以決定國(guó)家的命運(yùn).
辭典例句
- A plebiscite was taken as to whether this was a fitting punishment.
- 如此懲辦是否妥當(dāng),還特地舉行了一次公民投票.
名作英譯部分
- It was decided by plebiscite.
- 那件事是通過(guò)公民投票決定的.
期刊摘選
- The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by plebiscite.
- 該少數(shù)民族應(yīng)歸屬哪一州的問(wèn)題已由公民投票表決.
期刊摘選
- The province decide by plebiscite to lower the voting age to eighteen.
- 該省用平民表決的方法將選舉年齡降至18歲.
期刊摘選
- Mr Ch á vez, though not a candidate, has turned it plebiscite on himself.
- 雖然查韋斯先生不是候選人, 但是他把這次選舉當(dāng)作是對(duì)他的公民投票.
期刊摘選
- The decision to concede a plebiscite on the voting system has enraged them.
- 卡梅倫同意就選舉制度改革舉行全民公投的決定,令這些人極為不滿.
期刊摘選
- It was Iceland's first plebiscite since the island's independence from Denmark in 1944.
- 這是該國(guó)在1944年脫離丹麥獨(dú)立后舉行的首次全民公投.
期刊摘選
- to hold a plebiscite on the country's future system of government
- 就國(guó)家未來(lái)的政府體制舉行公民投票
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》