veto

noun

1. 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
2. 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

1. 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。
2. 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。

1. VERB 否决;否定
   If someone in authority vetoes something, 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. Veto is 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。
2. N-UNCOUNT 否决权
   Veto is the right that someone in authority has to forbid something.
   1. ...the President's power of veto.
      总统的否决权

1. The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
   几个世纪以来否决权一直是外交上惯用的手段。
2. 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。
3. An override of the veto appears unlikely.
   看来推翻这项否决的可能性很小。
4. There have been threats to veto any legislation that comes down the pike.
   他们威胁说要否决任何新出台的立法提案。
5. The White House says the president would veto the bill.
   白宫称总统将否决这项议案。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. President Bush said he would veto any attempt by lawmakers to delay the deal.
   布什总统说，他将否决立法者任何拖延交易的企图。
10. 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。
11. The Allied nations managed to veto the suggestion.
    盟国设法否决了这一建议。
12. The president has the power of veto over bill pass by congress.
    总统对国会通过的议案拥有否决权。
13. The chairman's veto was overridden by the committee.
    主席的否决被委员会推翻了。
14. Permanent members of the United Nation Security Council have a veto over any proposal.
    联合国安全理事会常任理事国对一切提案均有否决权。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. The proposal was removed by Congress under threat of presidential veto.
    在总统否决的威胁之下，那个议案已经被国会取消了。
19. The Lords exercised their veto.
    上议院使用了他们的否决权。
20. A single member country can veto a new entrant.
    一个成员国可以否决掉一个新加入者。
21. He reserved the right to veto any future plans he disagreed with.
    他保留了对任何将来他不赞同的计划的否决权。
22. China said it would veto a resolution that threatened force.
    中国说他将否决包含武力威胁的决议。
23. Radical leaders gained the power to pass any bill they wished, even over the president's veto.
    激进派领导者再次获得权利，随心所欲地通过任何法案，甚至对总统的否决也置之不理。
24. All five permanent members have exercised the veto right at one time or another.
    所有五个常任理事国都曾经行使过否决权。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. But their shares had restricted voting rights, which prevented them from having a veto at some shareholders'meetings.
    但是他们的股票只有很有限的投票权，这使得他们在某些股东大会中否决那些投票。
29. It will have earned my veto.
    它必将获得我的否决票。

noun

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)

verb

1. 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

2. vote against
   1. The President vetoed the bill

   Synonym:    blackballnegative