referenda

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%。

At UN headquarters, heads of state warned that Sudan's future depends on the successful outcome of referenda next year, in which the south of the country will vote on possible independence from the north.

在联合国总部，各国首脑警告，苏丹的未来取决于明年成功举行全民公决的结果。这次公投中，南部地区将就可能从北方独立进行投票。

referenda, ratchets and opt-outs

全民公决，棘轮条款和部分退出

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。

The next Kremlin leader says he considers the prospect of Georgian and Ukrainian membership in NATO to be extremely troublesome for European security, but is not opposed to referenda in those countries to decide the issue.

这代表俄罗斯加入全球经济强国俱乐部的代价。这位克里姆林宫的下一位领导人说，他认为，格鲁吉亚和乌克兰加入北约的前景给欧洲安全带来非常多的麻烦。但是他不反对在那些国家举行全民公决，决定这个问题。

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。

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。

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。

the serbs are saying 'this is the era of referenda, no one can stop us'.

塞尔维亚人会说，『现在是公投决定一切的年代，没人拦得住我们。』

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Many people feel cheated by the government's refusal to hold a referendum.

由于政府拒绝举行公民投票表决，许多人都觉得上当受骗。