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(以表決某政治問題); 全民投的票
hold a referendum on ending conscription 就結(jié)束徵兵問題舉行全民投票
settle a national issue by referendum 以全民投票來解決一項國家大事. Cf 參看 plebiscite.