plebiscite
n. 公民投票; [羅史]全民表決
A plebiscite is a direct vote by the people of a country or region in which they say whether they agree or disagree with a particular policy, for example whether a region should become an independent state.
1. a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
A plebiscite was held to decide the fate of the country.
舉行了公民投票以決定國家的命運.
A plebiscite was taken as to whether this was a fitting punishment.
如此懲辦是否妥當,還特地舉行了一次公民投票.
It was decided by plebiscite.
那件事是透過公民投票決定的.
The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by plebiscite.
該少數民族應歸屬哪一州的問題已由公民投票表決.
The province decide by plebiscite to lower the voting age to eighteen.
該省用平民表決的方法將選舉年齡降至18歲.