veto

英 [ˈviːtəʊ]

美 [ˈviːtoʊ]

n.  否决权; 拒绝认可; 禁止
v.  行使否决权; 拒绝认可; 禁止; 拒不接受; 反对; 否定

过去分词：vetoed　过去式：vetoed　现在分词：vetoing　第三人称单数：vetoes　

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Collins.2 / BNC.10573 / COCA.7289

牛津词典

noun

• 否决权
  the right to refuse to allow sth to be done, especially the right to stop a law from being passed or a decision from being taken
  1. The British government used its veto to block the proposal.
     英国政府行使其否决权阻止了这项提案。
  2. to have the power/right of veto
     有否决权
  3. the use of the presidential veto
     总统否决权的行使
• 拒绝认可；禁止
  an occasion when sb refuses to allow sth to be done
  1. For months there was a veto on employing new staff.
     有好几个月禁止雇用新职员。

verb

• 行使否决权；拒绝认可；禁止
  to stop sth from happening or being done by using your official authority (= by using your veto )
  1. Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
     修建大坝的计划已被环境保护局否决。
• 拒不接受；反对；否定
  to refuse to accept or do what sb has suggested
  1. I wanted to go camping but the others quickly vetoed that idea.
     我想去野营，但这个想法很快遭到了其他人的反对。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 否决;否定
  If someone in authorityvetoessomething, they forbid it, or stop it being put into action.
  1. De Gaulle vetoed Britain's application to join the EEC...
     戴高乐驳回了英国加入欧洲经济共同体的申请。
  2. The President vetoed the economic package passed by Congress.
     总统否决了国会通过的一揽子经济计划。
  3. Vetois also a noun.
     
  4. The veto was a calculated political risk.
     这项否决是一次精心策划的政治冒险。
• N-UNCOUNT 否决权
  Vetois the right that someone in authority has to forbid something.
  1. ...the President's power of veto.
     总统的否决权

英英释义

noun

• 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)

verb

• command against
  1. I forbid you to call me late at night
  2. Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
  3. Dad nixed our plans
  Synonym:forbidprohibitinterdictproscribedisallownix
• vote against
  1. The President vetoed the bill
  Synonym:blackballnegative

双语例句

• The president vetoed the bill, and the Senate failed by a single vote to override his veto
  总统否决了该议案，而参议院以一票之差未能推翻他的否决。
• And if I have to enforce this discipline by veto, I will.
  并且，如果我必须由否决强制执行这个学科，我将。
• With permanent seats on the UN Security Council, Russia or China can veto any attempts at fresh sanctions.
  作为联合国常任理事国，俄罗斯和中国能对重启对朝制裁实施否决权。
• The Allied nations managed to veto the suggestion.
  盟国设法否决了这一建议。
• The Lords exercised their veto.
  上议院使用了他们的否决权。
• My political belief, my ideals, compel me to veto this bill.
  我的政治信仰、我的理想迫使我否决这个议案。
• And I have made it clear that I will veto any attempt to take America down this road.
  而且我已经表明我会否决任何将美国带上这条路的尝试。
• As Ireland has a right to a veto here, it will not change.
  由于爱尔兰在这个议题上拥有否决权，因此这一税率不会改变。
• The uk used its veto in the security council. The Lords exercised their veto.
  英国在安理会行使了否决权。上议院使用了他们的否决权。
• The president says he will veto any legislation linked to those terms.
  总统说他将否决任何与这些问题相关的立法。