veto
英 ['viːtəʊ]
美['vito]
- n. 否决权
- vt. 否决；禁止
- vi. 否决；禁止
词态变化
复数: vetoes;第三人称单数: vetoes;过去式: vetoed;现在分词: vetoing;
助记提示
1. 谐音：未投-----未投他的票，当然就是否决他啦！
2. vote是投票的意思，把o和e颠倒一下变成了veto，就是“投反对票，否决”的意思。
2. vote是投票的意思，把o和e颠倒一下变成了veto，就是“投反对票，否决”的意思。
中文词源
veto 否决
来自拉丁语veto,我反对，我禁止。
英英释意
- 1. a vote that blocks a decision
- 2. 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)
英文词源
- veto
- veto: [17] Latin vetō meant ‘I forbid’ (it was the first person present singular of vetāre ‘forbid’, a verb of uncertain origin which may be related to Welsh gwadu ‘deny’). It was used in the Roman senate by tribunes of the people as a formula for objecting to proposals, and it was originally introduced into English as part of the terminology of parliamentary procedure.
- veto (n.)
- 1620s, from Latin veto, literally "I forbid," first person singular present indicative of vetare "forbid, prohibit, oppose, hinder," of unknown origin. In ancient Rome, the "technical term for protest interposed by a tribune of the people against any measure of the Senate or of the magistrates" [Lewis].
- veto (v.)
- 1706, from veto (n.). Related: Vetoed; vetoing.
考试真题
- In theory,a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen.
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实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- to have the power/right of veto
- 有否决权
牛津词典
- the use of the presidential veto
- 总统否决权的行使
牛津词典
- For months there was a veto on employing new staff.
- 有好几个月禁止雇用新职员。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the President's power of veto.
- 总统的否决权
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
辞典例句
- Give God the veto power of your life decisions.
- 上帝有权利打乱你的计划.
期刊摘选
- The President has the power of veto.
- 总统有否决权.
《简明英汉词典》
- The president has the power to veto bills.
- 总统有权否决议案.
辞典例句
- An abstention is not regarded as a veto.
- 弃权不视为否决.
辞典例句
- Four functions will be studied adding science cost , dropping cost, cost veto and advertisement effecting.
- 分别从科技计入成本, 降低成本时的考虑, 成本否决观念及广告效应几方面加以研究.
期刊摘选
- President Bush says he will veto legislation that would relax restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.
- 布什总统表示他将否决要求放松对胚胎干细胞研究限制的立法提案.
期刊摘选
- Japan used her veto to block the resolution.
- 日本使用了否决权反对该项决议.
辞典例句
- The president vetoed the bill, but congress override his veto.
- 总统否决了议案, 但国会将它推翻.
期刊摘选
- Mr Swan power to veto the deal or demand changes and conditions irrespective of FIRB's recommendations.
- 无论澳大利亚外国投资审查委员会作出何种建议,斯万都有权否决这宗交易,要求变更,或施加条件.
期刊摘选
- Most governors have veto power over state legislation, analogous to the veto power of the President.
- 多数地方长官都有对州立法的否决权, 类似于总统的否决权.
期刊摘选
- Mother put a veto on our stayingout late.
- 母亲不允许我们在外面呆到很晚才回来.
《简明英汉词典》
- An effort in the House to override a presidential veto fell short.
- 议院一项旨在驳回总统否决的努力失败了.
期刊摘选
- A veto is a repudiative act.
- 否决就是一种拒绝的行动.
期刊摘选
- The President threatened to use his veto over the bill.
- 总统威胁要对这个议案行使否决权.
辞典例句
- Two years later, in January 1917, Congress overrode his veto of a similar bill.
- 两年后,1917年1月, 国会推翻他对一项类似法案的否决.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- President Bush says he will veto any bill that sets a timetable for a troop pullout.
- 布什总体所他将会否决一切关于撤军时间表的项目支出.
期刊摘选
- Father put a veto upon our staying out late.
- 父亲不许我们在外面逗留太晚.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A rebellious congress overrode the president's veto.
- 不听话的国会推翻了总统的否决.
期刊摘选
- The old man puts a veto on soccer in his garden.
- 老人禁止在他的花园里踢足球.
期刊摘选