1.(决定政策可否等的)公民表决;投票(权);公民所投的票
2.(大使对本国政府的)请示书
1.an occasion when everyone in a country can vote to make a decision about one particular subject
1.The United States is not opposed to referenda ; Taiwan is as entitled to hold referenda as is any other democracy.
美国并不反对公投方式，台湾与其他任何民主体一样有权举行公投。
2.The reasons that a Greek election would be preferable to a referendum are to do with the nature of referenda and the current crisis.
希腊举行选举，会比举行公投更可取。这与全民公投和本次危机的性质有关。
3.In the last twenty years, referenda held in Quebec for possible separation from Canada, were narrowly defeated.
近20年里，魁北克举行的旨在使该省脱离加拿大的公民投票，在那里勉强被失败。
4.The author holds that referenda are not a double-edged sword but a beneficial complementarity to the People's Congress system.
笔者认为，公民投票不应该被看做是一把双刃剑，而应该是对人民代表大会制度的有益补充。
5.It will also increase the spectrum of our choices, beyond the binary options of "Yes" or "No" referenda .
同时还能让我们的选择，从简单的“是”与“否”的二元投票扩展到更广的范围。
6.Referenda and initiative efforts are underway for the 2012 elections in Missouri, Alabama, Michigan, Florida, California, and elsewhere.
在密苏里亚拉巴马州、密歇根州、佛罗里达州、加利福尼亚州和其他地方，公民投票和启动行动正在为2012年的选举而进行。
7.Since then there have been thirty-one state referenda defining marriage as one man and one woman.
之后有31个州投票表决，认定婚姻应该是一个男人和一个女人组成。
8.Referenda are appropriate when the constitutional order is being changed.
而当要改变宪法秩序时，举行全民公投则是适当的。
9.Local elections and referenda in May dealt him serious blows: His approval ratings are below 25 percent.
五月份的地方选举和普通投票给了贝卢斯科尼沉重的一击：他的支持率低于25%。
10.Making choices "as a country" cannot be avoided in some cases, such as elections or referenda.
“作为一个国家”做决定有时候是不可避免的，比如选举和全民公决。