vetoed
past simple and past participle ofveto
| 单词 | vetoed |
| 释义 | vetoed past simple and past 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 Examplesofvetoedvetoed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Several of thosevetoedbills passed without comment in later sessions. From theCambridge English Corpus However, if the feasible set is empty, legislative action is not politically feasible since any proposal will bevetoed. From theCambridge English Corpus Three items - welfare reform, middle-class tax cuts and tort reform - passed both chambers only to bevetoed. From theCambridge English Corpus Only one out of seven such doubleedged proposals wasvetoedby the people (table 3). From theCambridge English Corpus A dam may be approved by the water agency, only to bevetoedby the environmental agency that finds it in violation of environmental law. From theCambridge English Corpus Since the federation's policies werevetoed, the central government, as well as the cantons, began to subsidise the social security programmes of these private carriers. From theCambridge English Corpus The reforms might have beenvetoedby interests that feared that they would lose out from the changes, but were not. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, thevetoedbills were never returned to their original versions. From theCambridge English Corpus At that point, however, the executivevetoedthe measure, arguing that it might be perceived as anti-immigrant. From theCambridge English Corpus If the feasible set is not empty, proposals exist which are preferred to the statutory interpretation by all veto players and thus will not bevetoed. From theCambridge English Corpus The president, however,vetoedthe bill. From theCambridge English Corpus One-sided attempts at deregulation or curtailing benefits (labour law 1996, unemployment insurance 1997) as well as expanding social security (health and maternity insurance 1987) were successfullyvetoed. From theCambridge English Corpus Land value tax, the subject of this case study, was but one of several policiesvetoedor delayed, because they threatened the material interest of the landowning class. From theCambridge English Corpus They have nowvetoedmore than a third of the laws adopted by the parliament. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Clearly, if a proposal is excessive, it can bevetoed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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