名詞解釋：公民投票(又稱全民公決，簡(jiǎn)稱公投)是指公民就被提議之事案，表明贊成與否時(shí)所舉行之投票，簡(jiǎn)稱公投。公民投票是一種直接民主制的體現(xiàn)。你知道怎么用英語(yǔ)表達(dá)嗎?

　　Greece’s prime minister has abandoned his plan to hold a referendum on eurozone membership and instead set his sights on winning a parliamentary confidence vote, in a dramatic about-face welcomed by European leaders and financial markets.

　　The prime minister’s abrupt reversal of a position that his cabinet had unanimously endorsed in the early hours of Wednesday morning overshadowed the first day of a summit in Cannes of leaders of the G20 group of large industrialised and emerging economies.

　　希臘已放棄他提出的就該國(guó)歐元區(qū)成員地位舉行公投的計(jì)劃，轉(zhuǎn)而關(guān)注他如何贏得議會(huì)的信心投票。歐洲各國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人和全球金融市場(chǎng)對(duì)這一戲劇性的大轉(zhuǎn)變表示歡迎。

　　公投決定曾在周三凌晨得到帕潘德里歐政府內(nèi)閣的一致支持，希臘突然逆轉(zhuǎn)這個(gè)決定的消息，令20國(guó)集團(tuán)(G20)戛納峰會(huì)的首日相形失色。G20由大型工業(yè)化國(guó)家和新興經(jīng)濟(jì)體組成。

　　【講解】

　　文中的“referendum”就是“公投”的意思，referendum有兩種復(fù)數(shù)名詞：referenda和referendums，兩種沒有什么大的差異。“plebiscite”這個(gè)單詞也可以指“公投”。referendum和plebiscite，兩者意思相近，一般來(lái)說(shuō)可以互相替換。如果要區(qū)別，plebiscite較常用來(lái)指對(duì)于主權(quán)方面的決定，比如說(shuō)國(guó)界或新憲法。如：A plebiscite was held to decide the fate of the country. 舉行了公民投票以決定國(guó)家的命運(yùn)。