referendum 音标拼音: [r
, ɛfɚ'ɛndəm]
n . 公民投票,普通投票,请示书
公民投票,普通投票,请示书
referendum n 1 :
a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate Referendum \
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1 .
A diplomatic agent '
s note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The principle or practice of referring measures passed upon by the legislative body to the body of voters ,
or electorate ,
for approval or rejection ,
as in the Swiss cantons (
except Freiburg )
and in various local governments in the United States ,
and also in the local option laws ,
etc .;
also ,
the right to so approve or reject laws ,
or the vote by which this is done .
Referendum is distinguished from the mandate ,
or instruction of representatives by the people ,
from direct government by the people ,
in which they initiate and make the laws by direct action without representation ,
and from a plebiscite ,
or popular vote taken on any measure proposed by a person or body having the initiative but not constituting a representative or constituent body .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "
referendum ":
Australian ballot ,
Hare system ,
aye ,
ballot ,
by -
election ,
canvass ,
canvassing ,
casting vote ,
caucus ,
closed primary ,
congressional election ,
constitutional referendum ,
contested election ,
counting heads ,
cumulative voting ,
deciding vote ,
direct initiative ,
direct primary ,
division ,
election ,
enfranchisement ,
facultative referendum ,
fagot vote ,
franchise ,
general election ,
graveyard vote ,
hand vote ,
indirect initiative ,
initiative ,
list system ,
mandate ,
mandatory primary ,
mandatory referendum ,
nay ,
no ,
nonpartisan primary ,
nontransferable vote ,
open primary ,
optional primary ,
partisan election ,
plebiscite ,
plebiscitum ,
plumper ,
plural vote ,
poll ,
polling ,
preference primary ,
preferential voting ,
presidential election ,
presidential preference primary ,
presidential primary ,
primary ,
primary election ,
proportional representation ,
proxy ,
recall ,
record vote ,
representation ,
right to vote ,
rising vote ,
runoff ,
runoff election ,
runoff primary ,
say ,
secret ballot ,
show of hands ,
single vote ,
snap vote ,
statutory referendum ,
straw vote ,
suffrage ,
transferable vote ,
viva voce ,
voice ,
voice vote ,
vote ,
voting ,
voting right ,
write -
in ,
write -
in vote ,
yea ,
yeas and nays ,
yes
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