English Dictionary

veto

/ˈviːtəʊ/

noun

A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. / An invocation of that right. / An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

The president has the power to exercise a veto.

意味（1）

A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

意味（2）

An invocation of that right.

I called Haig in and told him that I wanted to veto the agricultural appropriations bill we had discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, because I did not want Ford to have to do it on his first day as President. Haig brought the veto statement in, and I signed it. It was the last piece of legislation I acted on as President.

意味（3）

An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.