veto

US [ˈvitoʊ]
UK [ˈviːtəʊ]
  • 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
  • Web投票否决；一票否决权
Plural Form：vetoes  Present Participle：vetoing  Past Tense：vetoed  

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veto
n.
1.
[c][u]
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
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。
to have the power/right of veto
有否决权
the use of the presidential veto
总统否决权的行使
2.
[c]
~ (on sth/on doing sth)
拒绝认可；禁止an occasion when sb refuses to allow sth to be done
For months there was a veto on employing new staff.
有好几个月禁止雇用新职员。
v.
1.
~ sth
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 )
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。
2.
~ sth
拒不接受；反对；否定to refuse to accept or do what sb has suggested
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。

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1.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the president would veto the bill in its present form.
白宫发言人佩里诺说，布什总统将否决现在这个法案。
bái gōng fā yán rén pèi lǐ nuò shuō , bù shí zǒng tǒng jiāng fǒu jué xiàn zài zhè ge fǎ àn 。
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2.
He said that if there was no request for the vote, or the US exercised its veto, then the Palestinians would go to the general assembly.
他说如果没有进行表决，或者美国行使了否决权，那巴勒斯坦就会前往联大（寻求观察员身份）。
tā shuō rú guǒ méi yǒu jìn xíng biǎo jué , huò zhě měi guó xíng shǐ le fǒu jué quán , nà bā lè sī tǎn jiù huì qián wǎng lián dà ( xún qiú guān chá yuán shēn fèn ) 。
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China is one of five veto-wielding permanent members of the U. N. Security Council and its support is crucial in efforts to reform U.
中国是联合国五个拥有否决权的常任理事国之一，因此中国的支持对改革联合国机构的努力至关重要。
zhōng guó shì lián hé guó wǔ gè yōng yǒu fǒu jué quán de cháng rèn lǐ shì guó zhī yī , yīn cǐ zhōng guó de zhī chí duì gǎi gé lián hé guó jī gòu de nǔ lì zhì guān zhòng yào 。
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4.
He proposes a grand bargain: swap Britain's veto over European integration for the right to opt out of any EU policy area.
他提出一件大事：用英国对欧洲一体化的否决权去交换脱离欧盟政策的区域的权利。
tā tí chū yī jiàn dà shì : yòng yīng guó duì ōu zhōu yì tǐ huà de fǒu jué quán qù jiāo huàn tuō lí ōu méng zhèng cè de qū yù de quán lì 。
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For years it had used the threat of its veto to keep North Korean adventurism off the Security Council's agenda.
多年来，中国一直用其一票否决权来保护朝鲜，在安理会的议程中避开其冒险主义。
duō nián lái , zhōng guó yì zhí yòng qí yī piào fǒu jué quán lái bǎo hù cháo xiǎn , zài ān lǐ huì de yì chéng zhōng bì kāi qí mào xiǎn zhǔ yì 。
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South Africa cannot block the unfreezing of the rest of Libya's assets indefinitely, as it has no veto at the UN Security Council.
但南非不可能无限期地阻碍利比亚剩馀资产的解冻，因为它在联合国安理会没有否决权。
dàn nán fēi bù kě néng wú xiàn qī de zǔ ài lì bǐ yà shèng yú zī chǎn de jiě dòng , yīn wèi tā zài lián hé guó ān lǐ huì méi yǒu fǒu jué quán 。
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Cameron's veto saves their blushes. But it does not save the euro and for that there is likely to be payback for the British.
是卡梅伦的否决避免了他们的尴尬，但是这没有拯救得了欧洲，为此他们好像还要报答一下英国呢。
shì kǎ méi lún de fǒu jué bì miǎn le tā men de gān gà , dàn shì zhè méi yǒu zhěng jiù dé le ōu zhōu , wèi cǐ tā men hǎo xiàng hái yào bào dá yí xià yīng guó ne 。
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China, like fellow critic Russia, abstained from backing the U. N. resolution authorizing the attacks, but did not veto the measure.
中国与持相同观点的俄罗斯都在联合国决议上投了弃权票，但都没有否决这项议案。
zhōng guó yǔ chí xiāng tóng guān diǎn de é luó sī dōu zài lián hé guó jué yì shàng tóu le qì quán piào , dàn dōu méi yǒu fǒu jué zhè xiàng yì àn 。
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But it would beno less remarkable if it were to veto sanctions on its own.
然而当它基于自身利益投反对票时，一切也不会变得少人关注。
rán ér dāng tā jī yú zì shēn lì yì tóu fǎn duì piào shí , yí qiè yě bú huì biàn de shǎo rén guān zhù 。
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President Obama has said he would veto the legislation if it were eventually passed.
奥巴马表示，即使该法案最终通过，他也会投反对票。
ào bā mǎ biǎo shì , jí shǐ gāi fǎ àn zuì zhōng tōng guò , tā yě huì tóu fǎn duì piào 。
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