英语单词 | veto |
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英美音标 | 英 ['viːtəʊ] 美 ['viːtoʊ] |
中文释义 | n.否决;否决权 v.否决 |
英语例句 | (1) Will they interpose their veto again? (2) An abstention is not regarded as a veto. (3) Mr Bush's veto does not kill stem-cell research. (4) They carried the ministerial veto. (5) Japan exercised her veto to block the resolution. (6) The president last week vetoed the tax cut. (7) The President has the power to veto legislation. (8) President Bush has vowed to veto any timetable for troop withdrawal. (9) The Russians are threatening to veto any resolution not acceptable to Serbia. (10) Most governors have the power to veto line items of the proposed state budget. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们还会再次否决吗? (2) 弃权不视为否决。 (3) 布什的否决没有彻底封杀干细胞研究。 (4) 他们行使了内阁否决权。 (5) 日本使用了否决权反对该项决议。 (6) 总统上个星期否决了减税法案。 (7) 总统有权否决立法。 (8) 布什总统发誓会否决任何一个军队撤回的安排。 (9) 俄方明确表示将反对任何难以令塞尔维亚接受的方案。 (10) 许多州长有权反对州预算法案提案的项目 |
vocabulary简明 | A veto is a no vote that blocks a decision. The President can veto some bills that pass his desk. |
vocabulary扩展 | A veto is a very official way of saying "No!" Vetoes block or forbid something, and the word is also used more loosely. The President of the United States can veto Senators who oppose his ideas, but if he tries to veto his daughter from joining the swim team, he might encounter his fiercest opponent yet. If you strongly disagree with your friends' choice of a movie, you could say, "I have to veto that." Vetoes vote no. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]否决;否定 If someone in authority vetoes something, they forbid it, or stop it being put into action. [V n]
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]否决权 Veto is the right that someone in authority has to forbid something.
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