vote down

英 [vəʊt daʊn]

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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly
  一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。
• 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。
• If an answer is obviously wrong ( or inferior in some way), you vote it down.
  但如果答案明显是错的（或者比较差），也可以给它减一票。
• 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。