veto

US: /ˈviˌtoʊ/
UK: /vˈiːtə‍ʊ/

English Vietnamese dictionary

veto /'vi:tou/
  • danh từ, số nhiều vetoes
    • quyền phủ quyết; sự phủ quyết, sự bác bỏ
      • power (right) of veto: quyền phủ quyết
      • to put (set) a veto on a bill: bác bỏ một đạo luật dự thảo
    • sự nghiêm cấm
      • to put a veto on narcotics: nghiêm cấm các loại thuốc ngủ
  • ngoại động từ
    • phủ quyết, bác bỏ
    • nghiêm cấm

Advanced English dictionary

noun, verb
+ noun (plural vetoes)
1 [C, U] 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. + to have the power / right of veto + the use of the presidential veto
2 [C] ~ (on sth) an occasion when sb refuses to allow sth to be done: For months there was a veto on employing new staff.
+ verb (vetoes, vetoing, vetoed, vetoed) [VN]
1 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.
2 to refuse to accept or do what sb has suggested: I wanted to go camping but the others quickly vetoed that idea.

Thesaurus dictionary

v.
1 stop, block, deny, ban, turn down, reject, disallow, rule out, quash, prevent, prohibit, interdict, taboo, outlaw, proscribe, preclude, Colloq put the kibosh on, kill, nix:
Father vetoed the idea that we go to Brighton for the holiday. Any measure he proposed was summarily vetoed.
n.
2 denial, ban, stoppage, block, embargo, turn-down, rejection, disallowance, quashing, prevention, prohibition, interdiction, taboo, proscription, preclusion, vetoing, Colloq killing, nixing:
The home secretary's veto of the abortion measure greatly angered the women's groups.

Collocation dictionary

ADJ.

effective, virtual | absolute | government, presidential

VERB + VETO

have | cast, exercise, impose, use
The board can exercise its veto to prevent the decision.
| lift
The agreement became possible when Spain lifted its veto.
| override, overturn
The Senate voted to override the president's veto.

VETO + NOUN

power, rights

PREP.

~ against
The nobles had a virtual veto against peasant candidates.
| ~ on
The Opposition effectively have a veto on constitutional reform.
| ~ over
a veto over all political appointments

PHRASES

a power/right of veto


Concise English dictionary

vetoes|vetoed|vetoing'vɪːtəʊ
noun
+a vote that blocks a decision
+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
+vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
+command against



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