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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

否决 [fǒujué]
  1. 1. verb veto
    否决提议
    veto the motion

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

否决 [fǒujué]
  1. 1. vote down; veto; overrule
    否决提案
    veto a proposal
    提议被大会否决了。
    The motion was voted down at the assembly. or The assembly rejected the motion.
  2. 2. noun no

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

否决 [fǒujué]
  1. 1. 通过表决否定议案、意见等
    提案被大会否决

Examples

提议被大会否决了。
The motion was voted down at the assembly. or The assembly rejected the motion.
他们的荒谬提案理所当然地被否决了。
Of course their absurd proposal was rejected.
否决
We had to reject your project simply because it was below our expectations.
你的提议没有达到我们的期望,所以我们不得不将其否决
to rule in favour of/against/on
[法] 判定…/否决…/对…作出裁决
We turned down your proposal because its estimates were overoptimistic.
你的提议太过乐观,所以我们否决了。

Collocations

否决提案
to reject a proposal
否决
a veto
轻易否决
to rashly veto something
一票否决
a veto
遭到否决
be rejected/voted down

Word Decomposition


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