referendum

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”。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

"I don't believe the prime minister will call a referendum; the risk of a no is too high, " says Steen Bocian, the bank's chief economist.

塔斯科银行首席经济师斯蒂恩波斯亚表示：“我相信首相不会召开公开表决的，因为反对呼声的风险太高。”

A measure referred to voters by a state legislature proposing that specific legislation be approved or rejected is a referendum.

是指通过州立法机关建议具体立法得到批准或否决而进行的选民投票，称为“全民投票”。

Biti said he has allocated enough money for a census next year, as well as a referendum for a new constitution which is still being drafted.

比提说，他已经分配了足够的钱用于明年的人口普查和就一部新宪法举行的全民公决，这份新宪法仍在起草之中。

Officials point to another poll finding that, of those who plan to vote in a referendum, 62% favour joining the EU.

官员们指出，在另一份民意测验中，愿意参加公投的人中，有62%的人支持加入欧盟。

It was his first public announcement since voting ended in a week-long referendum on whether southern Sudan should become a separate state.

这是自长达一个周之久的苏丹南部独立公投结束以来，总统首次发表演讲。

Mr Uribe's reaction was characteristically combative. He asked Congress to call a referendum on the legitimacy of his term.

乌里韦总统的反应是他性格使然的杀气腾腾，他要求国会在他的任期举行合法公投。

Early Wednesday morning a government spokesman said the cabinet expressed unanimous support for the prime minister's referendum plan.

周三早间，政府发言人说，内阁对帕潘德里欧的全民公决计划表示一致支持。

In northern minds, destabilising the south and mucking up the referendum would undermine the legitimacy of any putative new country.

在北方人眼里，动摇南方的根基并搅乱民意投票能够削弱任何公认新国家的合法性。

Future British governments would have to be mad to call a referendum on an EU treaty.

未来英国政府如果还对欧盟条约进行公投，那一定是疯了

He said he might include a vote on the proposals in a referendum on Scottish independence he wants to hold next year.

但他很快又眉开眼笑，他说在明年他打算举行的就苏格兰独立的一项全民公决中，他会为其提议投上一票。