全民公投的英文：
referendum
hold a referendum 举行全民公投

referendum是什么意思：
n. 公民投票权；外交官请示书

Did he call for a referendum?
他有没有要求请示书呢？

The government decided to hold a referendum on the abolition of capital punishment.
政府决定对死刑的废除问题进行公民投票。

The initiative and referendum were used most widely in the West.
创制权和复决权在西方运用最广。

Estonia said it too planned to hold a referendum on independence.
爱沙尼亚称其也计划就独立问题进行全民公决。

Citizen groups are collecting signatures for a referendum to overturn it.
民间团体正在积极地为一个国民请示书收集签名来达到推翻它的目的。

hold是什么意思：
n. 控制；握住；保留
v. 拿住，握住；保留；保持不变，持续；约束，控制；拘留；容纳；持有；适用

nail down; nail in;hold by
钉住;使人遵守诺言

We hold on in spite of the storm
我们冒着暴风雨继续前进。

hold a fair to raise money
举办义卖会筹款

swallow hold (sink, sinkhold)
落水洞

Hold, grasp training.
训练双手抓握。