vetoing
present participle ofveto
| 单词 | vetoing |
| 释义 | vetoing present participle ofveto veto verb[T] uk/ˈviː.təʊ/us/ˈviː.t̬oʊ/torefusetoallowsomething: In 1961,PresidentDe Gaulle vetoed Britain'sentryinto theCommonMarket. [+ -ing verb]Mybossvetoed my takingany moretimeoff thisyear. Synonyms disallow nixUSinformal Compare proscribeformal to forbid someone or something
Forbidding and banning things
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Refusing & rejecting Examplesofvetoingvetoing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Note that, for the president,vetoingthe prime minister's proposed cabinet is not a costless or inconsequential course of action. From theCambridge English Corpus There should be no question ofvetoingthese arrangements. From theCambridge English Corpus A president may be given authority in the constitution to react to legislative attempts to change prevailing policy, for instance, byvetoingthe bill. From theCambridge English Corpus It also is modular, permitting the inclusion of ex-ante stages like agenda setting; intermediate stages like intra-institutional bargaining; and ex-post stages likevetoing, implementation and monitoring. From theCambridge English Corpus In the absence of a clear system of rules, regulations and sanctions, and given the number of localvetoingpowers, these decisions were notoriously difficult to implement. From theCambridge English Corpus They cannot by any stretch of the imagination be considered asvetoingcommittees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He does not answer that point by suggesting that there should be alternative statutory consultation andvetoingarrangements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that this idiotic conduct ofvetoingeverything and seeking to make enemies among our partners has set back our interests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The present issue is not therefore a question of, as it were,vetoingthe talks if not everything is achieved before they begin. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I am extremely reluctant to contemplatevetoingone of the regulations requiring unanimity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the point ofvetoingthe proposals? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a distinction between a revising chamber and avetoingchamber. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But that depends in future on other member governments notvetoingthe excellent criteria on which we gain those resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has no power of initiating any regula- tions; it has no power ofvetoingany regulations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would also like to point out that this is achieved by moving forward together and not byvetoing. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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