Referendum
[ ,rɛfə'rɛndəm ]
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n. 公民投票;外交官请示书;全民公决;请示书;
💡 词根助记
re再次+fer带来，拿来+endum表名词→提出候选人→公民投票选举
📝 例句
Ireland decided to hold a referendum on divorce.
爱尔兰决定就离婚问题进行全民投票。
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
referendum
n
(pl ~s) [C, U]
referring of a political issue to a general vote by all the people of a country for a decision; vote thus taken 全民投票（以表决某政治问题）; 全民投的票
hold a referendum on ending conscription 就结束徵兵问题举行全民投票
settle a national issue by referendum 以全民投票来解决一项国家大事. Cf 参看 plebiscite.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,refә'rendәm]n. 公民复决, 请示书【法】 公民投票, 公民投票权, 复决
📖 同为「GMAT」词汇
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I owe what I am to my uncle.
我能有今天要感谢我的伯父。
Then,it's usually time to wake up my little brother.
然后，通常是我弄醒我的弟弟的时间。
However,in later years there were fierce arguments over land rights and many battles were fought between the settlers and the Maori.
然而后来数年中在移居者与毛利人之间因土地所有权问题产生了激烈的争论，还因此引发了多次战争。