vote down

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美 [voʊt daʊn]

投票否决

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 投票否决;投票拒绝
  If peoplevote downa person or their proposal, they reject that person or proposal, usually as a result of a formal vote.
  1. The Congress voted down a motion to change the union's structure...
     国会投票否决了改变工会结构的动议。
  2. If he demands too much, the unions will vote him down.
     如果他要求太多，工会就会投票撤换他。

英英释义

verb

• vote against
  1. The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position
  Synonym:turn thumbs down
• thwart the passage of
  1. kill a motion
  2. he shot down the student's proposal
  Synonym:killshoot downdefeatvote out

双语例句

• We vote for many reasons a sense of duty, a desire to participate, and so on but nobody votes under the illusion that it's all down to him.
  我们参加投票有许多理由，比如出于责任感、参与愿望等等，但没有人会幻想这一切取决于自己。
• Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly
  一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。
• I believe the onus is upon us to vote down the project.
  我认为我有责任否决这项工程。
• If he demands too much, the unions will vote him down.
  如果他要求太多，工会就会投票撤换他。
• At the next vote, we must try to bring down the government.
  下次投票选举时，我们一定设法把现政府搞垮。
• Voters were understandably confused by the identical Caser names on the ballot, and the split vote sent the real candidate Caser down to defeat in the primary.
  选举人被选票上一模一样卡瑟的名字弄糊涂，因而选票分手，导致真正的候选人在初选时就落选，这是可以理解的。
• Some suspect the timing of the no-confidence vote may be linked to Mr Kan's recent calls to deregulate the energy industry and scale down the importance of nuclear power.
  据悉，自民党在这个时候提出不信任案也许跟菅直人最近想撤销对能源工业的管制以及缩减核能的重要性有关。
• Despite all the talk of a sweeping big 'no' to austerity, we found that only a fifth of the public was fundamentally opposed to it and would vote down any proposal that we put forth to a vote.
  尽管很多人都在谈，对紧缩政策彻底地回答一个大大的不，但我们发现，只有五分之一的公众对它持根本性的反对态度，对我们提出的任何方案都会投票反对。
• The bill adds dozens of negotiating objectives requested by lawmakers, who still could vote down any deal struck.
  法案增加了议员所要求的数十个谈判目标，他们仍然有权否决已经达成的所有协议。
• Though it seems unlikely that shareholders will actually vote down the proposed capital injection, the bank is facing an uncomfortable shareholders 'meeting at the end of February.
  虽然股东们似乎不大可能投票否决拟议中的资金注入，但该银行在2月底召开的股东大会将不会平静。