n. (pl. vetoes) 1.否决;禁止。 2.否决权,禁止权。 3.(行政机构反对立法机构所通过的法案时申述的)否决理由 (= veto message )。 短语和例子 exercise one's veto 行使否决权。 a pocket veto 〔美国〕(总统的)不签署议案,“口袋否决”。 put a [one's] veto (up)on 否决,不批准。 veto in detail 【法律】部分否决(权)。 vt. 否决(议案等);不批准;禁止。 -er, -ist n. 否决者。 adj. -less 无否决权的;不否决的。
a vote that blocks a decision
the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" 同义词:forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, disallow, nix,
vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" 同义词:blackball, negative,
A veto ? Latin for "I forbid" ? is the power (used by an officer of the state, for example) to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation.
例句与用法
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I positively put a veto upon your doing so . 我坚决反对您这么做。
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The lords exercised their veto . 上议院使用了他们的否决权。
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An abstention is not regarded as a veto . 弃权不视为否决。
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Hoban roundly vetoed the idea . 胡班断然否定了这一主意。
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I haven't vetoed the bill yet . 我还没有否决那个议案。
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Father put a veto upon our staying out late . 父亲不许我们在外边停留到很晚才回家。
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De gaulle had abruptly vetoed it . 戴高乐断然拒绝了。
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The police vetoed the procession . 警察禁止游行。
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The governor's veto kept the bill from becoming a law . 州长的否决使该法案无法成为法律。
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Wilson vetoed this measure, and his veto held . 威尔逊否决了这一法案,而且他的否决有效。