“公投”英語怎么說
名詞解釋:公民投票(又稱全民公決,簡稱公投)是指公民就被提議之事案,表明贊成與否時所舉行之投票,簡稱公投。公民投票是一種直接民主制的體現(xiàn)。你知道怎么用英語表達嗎?
Greece’s prime minister has abandoned his plan to hold a referendum on eurozone membership and instead set his sights on winning a parliamentary confidence vote, in a dramatic about-face welcomed by European leaders and financial markets.
The prime minister’s abrupt reversal of a position that his cabinet had unanimously endorsed in the early hours of Wednesday morning overshadowed the first day of a summit in Cannes of leaders of the G20 group of large industrialised and emerging economies.
希臘已放棄他提出的就該國歐元區(qū)成員地位舉行公投的計劃,轉而關注他如何贏得議會的信心投票。歐洲各國領導人和全球金融市場對這一戲劇性的大轉變表示歡迎。
公投決定曾在周三凌晨得到帕潘德里歐政府內閣的一致支持,希臘突然逆轉這個決定的消息,令20國集團(G20)戛納峰會的首日相形失色。G20由大型工業(yè)化國家和新興經濟體組成。
【講解】
文中的“referendum”就是“公投”的意思,referendum有兩種復數(shù)名詞:referenda和referendums,兩種沒有什么大的差異。“plebiscite”這個單詞也可以指“公投”。referendum和plebiscite,兩者意思相近,一般來說可以互相替換。如果要區(qū)別,plebiscite較常用來指對于主權方面的決定,比如說國界或新憲法。如:A plebiscite was held to decide the fate of the country. 舉行了公民投票以決定國家的命運。