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。
to have the power/right of veto
有否决权
the use of the presidential veto
总统否决权的行使
For months there was a veto on employing new staff.
有好几个月禁止雇用新职员。
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。
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.否决;禁止
2.否决权,禁止权
3.(行政机构反对立法机构所通过的法案时申述的)否决理由
1.否决(议案等);不批准;禁止
1.an official refusal to approve or allow something; the right to refuse to approve or allow something, especially the right given by a constitution to prevent a law from being passed
1.to officially refuse to approve or allow something
2.to refuse to accept someone’s suggestion
1.In a nation-wide address moments after vetoing the spending bill, the president called it a prescription for chaos and confusion.
在支出法案否决之后的全国性演讲中，总统称其为混乱和困惑的处方。
2.Then one of the sitting board members retired, and Carl and his directors kept vetoing choices for a replacement.
当另一个董事会成员退休了，卡尔和他的董事否决了再找人接替的要求。
3.and she's done a great job of vetoing these bills that have come across her desk as governor. She'll do that in Washington.
而她在否决摆在她州长办公桌上的这些预案上做的非常好。她也会在华盛顿这样做的。
4.The British government says it's vetoing the publication of Cabinet minutes on the legality of the Iraq war.
英国政府声称拒绝公开内阁关于伊拉克战争合法性的会议记录。
5.Its vetoing of western efforts to rein in Zimbabwe's pariah regime is one recent example of a holdover non-aligned mentality.
最近中国否决了西方国家制裁津巴布韦贱民政权的努力，这是它们仍报有不结盟心态的最新例证。
6.But Mr Medvedev at the Kremlin was much more nuanced and may have prevented Russia vetoing the UN resolution that allowed intervention.
而执掌克里姆林宫的梅德韦杰夫，态度则要微妙得多，或许是他阻止了俄罗斯投票否决联合国允许实施干预的决议。
7.In 1981 few countries considered Greece to be suitable for membership of the club, but none dared to incur the ignominy of vetoing it.
在1981年，没有几个国家认为希腊有资质参加这一俱乐部，但是没有一个国家敢招致因行使否决权而带来的羞辱。
8.The most commonly used power is that of approving or vetoing any legislation.
他们使用最普遍的权力是通过或否决法律。
9.Short of complying, that left ministers with two options: appealing to the High Court to overturn the tribunal's ruling, or vetoing it.
政府没有遵从判决，内阁大臣们剩下了两个选择：上诉到高等法院，撤销裁判处的判定，或者否决了它。
10.This followed the equally surprising move by Beijing to abstain from a UN vote on military action, rather than vetoing it.
接下来，同样令人咂舌的举动是，在联合国军事行动的投票中，北京方面宁可弃权也不投反对票。