put to a referendum

• 举行公投

put to a referendum的用法和样例：

例句

1. A referendum on whether Hong Kong should introduce universal suffrage by2007 would result in a challenge to the central government's authority.
   举行公投以决定零七年应否实施普选等同挑战中央权威。
2. Last week, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said the northeastern province where the valley was located would hold a referendum about the planned road.
   上周，波兰总理卡钦斯基表示，山谷所在的这个东北省份将就公路议题举行公投。