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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World fashion used to be dictated almost entirely by the European designers.
世界时间潮流过去几乎都是由欧洲设计师所引导的。
It's urgent to improve the packing.
必须马上改进包装。
Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing.
藏书使教育成为可能，而教育反过来又丰富了藏书，因为知识的增长遵循着一种“滚雪球”的规律。印刷术的发明又大大提高了知识增长的速度。