referendums

referendums

美 [ˌrefəˈrendəm] 　英 [.refə'rendəm]

• n.(决定政策可否等的)公民表决；投票(权)；公民所投的票

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And since France and the Netherlands voted "no" in two referendums in 2005 it has been unable to agree on its own constitution.

自从2005年法国和荷兰两次在全民公决中投出反对票以来，欧盟就再也无法就其宪法达成一致。

Mr Berlusconi said he would boycott the referendums.

贝卢斯科尼表示他要抵制公投。

But because it was turned down in the French and Dutch referendums, the treaty has not been ratified.

但是因为它在法国和荷兰的全民公投中被否决了，所以并没有正式生效。

Referendums, in which voters approve or reject laws already passed by a legislature, were the least radical change.

公决制下选民可以批准或者否决已由立法机关通过的法律，是最不极端的变革。

Now the risk of a two-speed EU, with Sweden and Denmark in the outer lane, has led to speculation about fresh referendums in both countries.

至此由于瑞典和丹麦尚在欧元区外，双速欧洲的风险来推断，两国会举行新一轮的投票表决。

cols, which twice held referendums on independence and came within a few thousand votes of winning one of them in1995.

原来，这些选民一般都支持魁人党，该党就独立问题举行了两次全民公投，在。

He pointed out that they would require referendums in at least four countries.

他指出，他将在至少四个国家要求公民投票。

Italy's billionaire premier suffered a defeat in Italian local elections in May and a setback in a series of referendums weeks later.

今年5月份，意大利的富豪总理在地方选举中失败，数周之后在一系列公投中也遭遇挫折。

Dissent, whether expressed through referendums, elections or the debating chambers of national parliaments, will have only a limited impact.

不同意见，不管是来自全民公决、选举还是国家的议会辩论，都只能施加有限的影响。

Matching results in the other three referendums suggested that they had turned into a big vote of no confidence in the prime minister.

其他三次公投结果也与此类似，表明公投成为了一场对总理极大不信任的表决。

Since 2005 there have been elections for the presidency, too, replacing the previous embarrassingly unanimous referendums.

自2005年开始，也有了总统选举，来代替以前让人难堪的意见一致的公民投票。

On June 12th-13th he suffered his third and most significant political defeat in less than a month, when he lost a clutch of referendums.

在不到一个月的时间里，他遭到三次政治打击，发生在六月12日到13日的第三次为最甚，他失去了数量巨大的选票。

Two controversial referendums , calling for Taiwan to apply for membership in the United Nations, also fell well short of passage.

两份充满争议的、旨在呼吁台湾成为联合国成员的公民投票（即“入联公投”——译者注）遭遇阻力。

In this Californian election voters had to decide on three new types of balloting: referendums, recalls and initiatives.

在加州该次选举中，选民必须在三种投票制度上进行抉择：公决制、罢免制和创议制。

Since the 1990s, three states have passed referendums barring racial preferences, and four more may do so in November.

1990年之后，有三个州相继通过公投否决了种族优惠。

Note the results of the recent referendums in California, where voters rejected all budget-balancing proposals.

注意最近加利福利亚州的公民投票结果，选民们否决了所有平衡预算的提议。

Second is a procedural dispute over two referendums to be held with the election.

第二个是对跟选举一起进行的两个公投的程序上的争论。

Senior figures point to weak support for the European project in lots of countries and No votes in various referendums.

有高级人物指出许多国家对欧盟计划的支持减弱，以及在进行各种公民投票时投弃权票。

We can easily see that many Taiwanese people have mixed in many political factors in their understanding and debate of referendums .

从这件事情可以看出，许多台湾民众对公民投票的理解与争议其实掺杂了蛮多政治性的解读。

Referendums would have been lost in many other countries had their people been given a say.

公投在一些人民有发言权的国家可能是不能取得理想的结果。

It is an identity that revolves around neutrality, and, yes, an awkward tradition of citizens' referendums.

这是一个徘徊在中立周围的身份，也是一个对公民公投尴尬的传统。

Most alarmingly, though, is that the Lisbon Treaty can be extended indefinitely without recourse to further treaties or referendums.

然而，更令人震惊的是，里斯本条约可以在未来不需要补充协议或全民公决的条件下无限期延长。

Referendums are often the main instrument.

复决投票是常用的主要工具。

Residents, for their part, will be able to instigate local referendums on any local issue.

居民将能够就当地任何重要议题进行地方公投。

The constitution's grandeur alarmed voters sufficiently that in 2005 it was killed off by referendums in France and the Netherlands.

欧盟宪法的庞大使投票者极为不安，因而2005年法国和荷兰的全民公投否决了该宪法。

Increasingly, citizens protest or call referendums instead. Mr zu Guttenberg offered a fresh face.

取而代之的是越来越多的市民抗议活动以及呼吁全民公决。

Those would be good principles to apply to referendums, too.

另外这些不错的原则同样也适用于公民公决。

Mr Cameron has broken the link between Europe and referendums, but he cannot kill the issue altogether.

卡梅伦切断了欧洲和公投的联系，但他不可能将二者一起消灭。

By contrast, his new position on referendums is sensible and mature: even a climb-down is preferable to madness.

相比之下，卡梅伦在公投问题上的新立场不仅合情合理，同时也显得成熟稳重：比起疯狂，食言要好得多。

Around a dozen national referendums have now been held on such EU issues as new treaties and whether to join the euro.

约一打的国家正对欧盟新条约和是否加入欧元区进行公投表决，其中六个以失败告终。

Enroll on the Electoral Register and vote at Federal and State elections and referendums.

登记做选民在联邦政府及省政府选举及全民投票。

BY-ELECTIONS are often dramatic referendums on the government of the day.

对如今的政府而言，补选经常充满戏剧意味。

In the past the suitability of referendums for large-scale democracies and democratic polities has been called into question.

过去常有人对公投的质疑是，大型的民主国家或民主政体并不适合用公民投票。

They want to promote openness and citizens' participation, in part by making referendums binding.

他们想要部分通过公投提升公开程度和公民的参与度。

The vote went ahead despite the noes in referendums in France and the Netherlands.

而此前在法国及荷兰的公民投票中，该法案并没有得到通过。

Last month 167 separatist-minded towns and villages held informal referendums.

上月，167名分裂主义城镇、乡村举行了非正式的全民公投。

And referendums can reject treaties (just ask the Irish).

而且公民投票可能会驳回条约（问问爱尔兰人就知道）。

Pending referendums, 12 big cities outside London could have elected mayors by 2013.

全面公投前2013年前除伦敦外的12个大城市本可能自选市长。

Since 1990 Germans have made more than 200 bids to hold state-level referendums, compared with fewer than 30 in the three previous decades.

1990年以来德国人曾经200次以民众的力量控制了州级的全民投票，而那之前的三十年间这一数字只有30次。

Referendums have shown that almost all want to stay that way.

多次的公民投票揭示几乎所有直布罗陀人都希望保持这样一种状态。