- veto something to stop something from happening or being done by using your official authority (= by using your veto)行使否决权；拒绝认可；禁止
- Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.修建大坝的计划已被环境保护局否决。
- The president effectively vetoed this measure.总统实际上否决了这项措施。
- The Senate has the power to veto legislation.参议院有权否决立法。
Collocations PoliticsPolitics政治Power权力- create/form/be the leader of a political party创建／组建／领导政党
- gain/take/win/lose/regain control of Congress获得／失去／夺回对国会的控制权
- start/spark/lead/be on the brink of a revolution发起／引发／领导一场革命；革命一触即发
- be engaged/locked in an internal power struggle参与／陷入内部权力斗争
- lead/form a rival/breakaway faction领导／组建反对派／分裂派
- seize/take control of the government/power夺取／接手对政府／政权的控制权
- bring down/overthrow/topple the government/president/regime推翻政府／总统／政权
- abolish/overthrow/restore the monarchy废除／推翻／恢复君主制
- establish/install a military dictatorship/a stable government建立军事独裁／稳定的政府
- be forced/removed/driven from office/power被迫离职／下台；被免职／赶下台
- resign/step down as party leader/an MP/president/prime minister辞去政党领袖／议员／总统／总理的职位
- enter/retire from/return to political life开始／退出／重回政治生涯
Political debate政治辩论- spark/provoke a heated/hot/intense/lively debate引发激烈的辩论
- engage in/participate in/contribute to (the) political/public debate (on/over something)参与（关于某事的）政治／公开辩论
- get involved in/feel excluded from the political process参与／感觉被排挤出政治进程
- launch/start/lead/spearhead a campaign/movement发起／领导一场运动
- join/be linked with the peace/anti-war/feminist/civil rights movement参与和平／反战／女权／民权运动；与和平／反战／女权／民权运动有联系
- criticize/speak out against/challenge/support the government批评／公开反对／质疑／支持政府
- lobby/put pressure on the government (to do something)游说／施压于政府（去做某事）
- come under fire/pressure from opposition parties受到来自反对党的抨击／压力
Policy政策- call for/demand/propose/push for/advocate democratic/political/land reform(s)呼吁／强烈要求／提议／敦促／倡导民主／政治／土地改革
- formulate/implement domestic economic policy制定／执行国内经济政策
- change/influence/shape/have an impact on government/economic/public policy改变／影响政府／经济／公共政策
- be consistent with/be in line with/go against/be opposed to government policy符合／违背政府政策
- reform/restructure/modernize the tax system改革／重组／革新税收制度
- privatize/improve/deliver/make cuts in public services私有化／改善／提供／削减公共服务
- invest (heavily) in/spend something on schools/education/public services/(the) infrastructure在学校／教育／公共服务／基础设施上投入（大量）资金
- nationalize the banks/the oil industry使银行／石油产业国有化
- promise/propose/deliver/give ($80 billion in/significant/substantial/massive) tax cuts承诺／提议／兑现／实行（800 亿美元／大幅度的）减税
- a/the budget is approved/ (especially North American English) passed by parliament/congress预算经议会／国会通过
Making laws制定法律- have a majority in/have seats in Parliament/Congress/the Senate在议会／国会／参议院中占多数席位／占有席位
- propose/sponsor a bill/legislation/a resolution提交议案／法规／决议
- introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass a bill/a law/legislation/measures推出／提出／拟定／起草／采用／通过议案／法律／法规／措施
- amend/repeal an act/a law/legislation修正／废除法案／法律／法规
- veto/vote against/oppose a bill/legislation/a measure/a proposal/a resolution否决／投票反对／反对议案／法规／措施／提议／决议
- get/require/be decided by a majority vote获得／需要多数票；由多数票决定
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverbverb + vetophrases- the power to veto something
- the right to veto something
See full entry - veto something to refuse to accept or do what somebody has suggested拒不接受；反对；否定 synonym rule out
- I wanted to go camping but the others quickly vetoed that idea.我想去野营，但这个想法很快遭到了其他人的反对。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverbverb + vetophrases- the power to veto something
- the right to veto something
See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘I forbid’, used by Roman tribunes of the people when opposing measures of the Senate.