vote down

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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

• Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly
  一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 man who gave his vote for the longest time, on having his judgment disputed, grew stubborn, and doubled his time. What's the longest she's held down a job?
  那主张最长时间的人因为受了批驳而更加坚持，又把时间放长了一倍。她任职时间最长的是什麽工作？
• 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。
• 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。
• We are left with no choice but to vote it down.
  我们别无选择，只能投票反对这项计划。
• 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。
• 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。