veto 音標拼音: [v'ito] [v'it
, o]
n . 否決權
vt . 否決,禁止
否決權否決,禁止
veto n 1 :
a vote that blocks a decision 2 :
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 )
v 1 :
vote against ;
refuse to endorse ;
refuse to assent ; "
The President vetoed the bill " [
synonym : {
veto }, {
blackball },
{
negative }]
2 :
command against ; "
I forbid you to call me late at night ";
"
Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store "; "
Dad nixed our plans " [
synonym : {
forbid }, {
prohibit }, {
interdict },
{
proscribe }, {
veto }, {
disallow }, {
nix }] [
ant : {
allow },
{
countenance }, {
let }, {
permit }]
Veto \
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n .;
pl . {
Vetoes } (
v [=
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z ). [
L .
veto I forbid .]
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1 .
An authoritative prohibition or negative ;
a forbidding ;
an interdiction .
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This contemptuous veto of her husband '
s on any intimacy with her family . --
G .
Eliot .
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2 .
Specifically :
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(
a )
A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department ;
especially ,
in a constitutional government ,
a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature .
Such a power may be absolute ,
as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome ,
or limited ,
as in the case of the President of the United States .
Called also {
the veto power }.
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(
b )
The exercise of such authority ;
an act of prohibition or prevention ;
as ,
a veto is probable if the bill passes .
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(
c )
A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law ;
--
called also {
veto message }. [
U .
S .]
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Note :
Veto is not a term employed in the Federal Constitution ,
but seems to be of popular use only .
--
Abbott .
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Veto \
Ve "
to \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Vetoed } (
v [=
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t [=
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d );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Vetoing }.]
To prohibit ;
to negative ;
also ,
to refuse assent to ,
as a legislative bill ,
and thus prevent its enactment ;
as ,
to veto an appropriation bill .
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67 Moby Thesaurus words for "
veto ":
absolute veto ,
ban ,
block ,
constitute ,
decline ,
decree ,
defeat ,
denial ,
deny ,
disallow ,
disallowance ,
embargo ,
enact ,
enact laws ,
executive veto ,
filibuster ,
forbid ,
get the floor ,
have the floor ,
interdict ,
interdiction ,
item veto ,
kill ,
killing ,
legislate ,
limited negative ,
limited veto ,
lobby through ,
logroll ,
negative ,
nix ,
ordain ,
outlaw ,
pass ,
pigeonhole ,
pocket ,
pocket veto ,
preclude ,
preclusion ,
prevent ,
prevention ,
prohibit ,
prohibition ,
proscribe ,
proscription ,
put in force ,
put through ,
quash ,
quashing ,
railroad through ,
refuse ,
reject ,
rejection ,
roll logs ,
rule against ,
rule out ,
senatorial courtesy ,
stop ,
stoppage ,
suspensory veto ,
table ,
taboo ,
take the floor ,
turn down ,
veto message ,
veto power ,
yield the floor VETO ,
legislation .
This is a Latin word signifying ,
I forbid .
2 .
It is usually applied to the power of the president of the United States to negative a bill which has passed both branches of the legislature .
The act of refusing to sign such a bill ,
and the message which is sent to congress assigning the reasons for a refusal to sign it ,
are each called a veto .
3 .
When a bill is engrossed ,
and has received the sanction of both houses ,
it is transmitted to the president for his approbation .
If he approves of it ,
he signs it .
If he does not ,
he sends it ,
with his objections ,
to the house in which it originated ,
and that house enter the objections on their journals ,
and proceed to reconsider the bill .
Coast .
U .
S .
art .
I ,
s .
7 ,
cl .
2 .
Vide Story on the Const .
Sec .
878 ;
1 Kent ,
Com .
239 .
4 .
The governors of the several states have generally a negative on the acts of the legislature .
When exercised with due caution ,
the veto power is some additional security against inconsiderate and hasty legislation ,
or where bills have passed through prejudice or want of due reflection .
It was ,
however ,
mainly intended as a weapon in the hands of the chief magistrate to defend the executive department from encroachment and usurpation ,
as well as a just balance of the constitution .
5 .
The veto power of the British sovereign has not been exercised for more than a century .
It was exercised once during the ,
reign of Queen Anne .
Edinburgh Rev .
10th vol .
411 , &
c .;
Parke '
s Lectures ,
126 .
But anciently the king frequently replied Le roy s '
avisera ,
which was in effect withholding his assent .
In France the king had the initiative of all laws ,
but not the veto .
See 1 Toull .
art .
39 ;
and see Nos .
42 ,
52 ,
note 3 .
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