公投
gōng tóu
Pinyin

Definition

公投
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gōng tóu
  1. referendum
  2. abbr. for 公民投票[gōng mín tóu piào]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 classifier: 家 jiā
投票
tóu piào
  1. 1 to vote
  2. 2 vote
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
不公
bù gōng
  1. 1 unjust
  2. 2 unfair
主人公
zhǔ rén gōng
  1. 1 hero (of a novel or film)
  2. 2 main protagonist

Idioms (20)

五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公之于世
gōng zhī yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
公之于众
gōng zhī yú zhòng
  1. 1 to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely
  2. 2 to let the world know
公事公办
gōng shì gōng bàn
  1. 1 to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)

Sample Sentences

没错，同时据有关报导啊，关于英国脱欧的提议早在几年前就出现了，没想到今年真的通过公投实施了这个决定。
méicuò ，tóngshí jù yǒuguān bàodǎo ā ，guānyú Yīngguótuōōu de tíyì zǎozài jǐnián qián jiù chūxiàn le ，méixiǎngdào jīnnián zhēnde tōngguò gōngtóu shíshī le zhè ge juédìng 。
That's right, and, according to reports on the matter, suggestions for the UK to leave the EU began to appear several years ago. However, nobody expected that this year they would really go through with the decision by way of a referendum.
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说到全球瞩目啊，就不得不提，英国通过公投决定脱离欧盟这一事件。
shuōdào quánqiú zhǔmù ā ，jiù bùdébù bùtí ，Yīngguó tōngguò gōngtóu juédìng tuōlí Ōuméng zhè yī shìjiàn 。
Talking of events of global concern, we would be remiss not to mention the UK decision to leave the EU in a referendum.
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你不知道，上个星期英国脱欧公投结束，脱欧派赢了，这几天英镑大跌，人人都在买英镑，这时候去英国旅游最划得来了！
nǐ bù zhīdào ，shàng ge xīngqī Yīngguó tuōōu gōngtóu jiéshù ，tuōōu pài yíng le ，zhè jǐ tiān yīngbàng dà diē ，rénrén dōu zài mǎi yīngbàng ，zhèshíhòu qù Yīngguó lǚyóu zuì huàdélái le ！
Don't you know, last week was the UK referendum on European Union membership and the Brexit camp won. The pound has fallen dramatically over the last few days, so everyone is buying up sterling. So it's really good value to travel in the UK now!
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只看眼前的话，当然会觉得这是个很冷血的条件，希腊政府大概也不愿意接受，所以才叫人民公投吧。
zhī kàn yǎnqián dehuà ，dāngrán huì juéde zhè shì gè hěn lěngxiě de tiáojiàn ，xīlà zhèngfǔ dàgài yě bù yuànyì jiēshòu ，suǒyǐ cái jiào rénmín gōngtóu ba 。
If you just look at the here and now of it, of course they look like very cold-blooded conditions. The Greek government was probably unwilling to accept too, so that's why they called for a public referendum.
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