Switzerland decided to hold a referendum on joining the EU.
瑞士决定就加入欧盟问题举行全民投票。
The changes were approved by referendum.
全民投票赞同这些变革。
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 former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind said he believed a vote for a referendum would make Britain a "laughing stock" .
而前外交部马尔列姆·列坎德则认为，为一项全民公决进行议会投票会让英国成为“笑柄”。
2.The Germans hope that Mr Brown, like Mr Sarkozy, will be ready to push a new treaty through parliament, without a referendum.
德国人希望布朗能够像法国的萨尔科奇一样，向议会提交新的法案进行表决，而不是进行全民公投。
3.This draft referendum raises the question of what Taiwan should be called in the international community.
公投草案提出了台湾在国际社会应使用什么名称的问题。
4.Thus Britain would have to hold a referendum to adopt the single currency or to cede its vetoes over EU foreign policy, for instance.
这么一来，英国不得不就是否使用欧盟统一货币，抑或就是否放弃其对欧盟外交政策的否决权等问题展开公投。
5.The next election is unlikely to be a referendum on energy policy and much more likely to be about broader economic issues.
下一次选举不太可能是一场能源政策的全民公投，而更可能是关于更广泛的经济问题的。
6.Rose won his title only a year after Australians had voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to recognise indigenous Australians' rights.
澳大利亚人投票表决承认澳大利亚原著民的权利后，罗斯仅花了一年时间赢得了冠军。
7.The referendum might have become a protest vote against the long-serving taoiseach.
他说，公投将变成对Ahern长期霸占总理职位的一种示威。
8.During the Lisbon treaty referendum the European Commission made clear that this was not and would not be under threat.
在《里斯本条约》公投期间，欧盟委员会（EC）明确表示，公司税率没有、也不会受到威胁。
9.I think your readers will end up feeling deceived by Cameron over the question of a referendum.
在全民公决这个问题上，我认为你的读者最终会感到自己受到了卡梅隆的欺骗。
10.Legal experts doubt the constitutionality of a referendum to call for a rerun of an election.
法律专家怀疑就重新选举进行全民公决的宪法性。