veto

英 ['vi?t??] 美['vito]

近義詞refuse deny

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復(fù)數(shù):?vetoes;第三人稱單數(shù):?vetoes;過去式:?vetoed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?vetoing;

1. 諧音：未投-----未投他的票，當(dāng)然就是否決他啦！
2. vote是投票的意思，把o和e顛倒一下變成了veto，就是“投反對(duì)票，否決”的意思。

veto 否決

來自拉丁語veto,我反對(duì)，我禁止。

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.

1. The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.: 幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來否決權(quán)一直是外交上慣用的手段。

3. The veto was a calculated political risk.: 這項(xiàng)否決是一次精心策劃的政治冒險(xiǎn)。

4. The British government used its veto to block the proposal.: 英國政府行使其否決權(quán)阻止了這項(xiàng)提案。