Word · Frequency #10573
vetos
否决权
vetos is the plural of veto.
The power or right to reject a decision or proposed law, especially the right of a president or governor to refuse to approve a bill passed by the legislature.
- 1.
A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
一种政治权利,可以否决(并因此阻止)决策、法律等的过程。
- 2.
a vote that blocks a decision
阻止决策的投票
- 3.
An invocation of that right.
这种权利的行使。
- 4.
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)
禁止或否决提议或计划的权力或权利(尤其是行政长官否决立法机关通过的法案的权力)
- 5.
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
权威性的禁止或否定；禁止；禁令。
- 6.
A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
在科学实验中用于排除本来会构成假阳性的技术或机制。
否决；否决投票；禁止；拒绝；否定；排除假阳性的机制（科学实验）；一种政治权利,可以否决(并因此阻止)决策、法律等的过程。；阻止决策的投票
In use
The president has the power of veto over all new legislation.
The board's veto stopped the plan from going ahead.
A single veto from any permanent member can block a Security Council resolution.
Connections
Collocations
- veto power
- 否决权
- The president has veto power over legislation.总统对立法拥有否决权。
- exercise a veto
- 行使否决权
- The committee decided to exercise its veto on the proposal.委员会决定对该提案行使否决权。
- override a veto
- 推翻否决
- Congress can override a veto with a two-thirds majority vote.国会可以三分之二多数票推翻否决。
- presidential veto
- 总统否决
- The bill became law despite the presidential veto.尽管总统否决，该法案还是成为了法律。
Idioms & figurative uses
- have a veto over
- 对……拥有否决权The committee has a veto over any new spending.委员会对任何新开支都拥有否决权。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一只有力的手按下红色按钮并喊“VETO!”，法案立刻被拦下——这就是一票否决的场景，记住 veto 等于“否决”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：politics、legislation 作名词时通常指正式的否决权或否决投票，多用于政治、法律等书面或正式语境；日常口语中较少出现，除非谈论相关新闻或比喻用法。
Grammar Note
常与介词on搭配，如a veto on sth.
Pronunciation & Spelling
veto 读作 /ˈvitoʊ/，重音在第一音节。这些词中没有完全押韵的：toe、motto、photo、auto 都带 /toʊ/ 尾音，但只是尾音相近；vote、vet 拼写近似但读音完全不同，需特别注意。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.