否决权

否決權

fǒujuéquán

noun #41,252

Meanings

HSK 5

在我们公司，安全部门对新项目有一票否决权。

Zài wǒmen gōngsī, ānquán bùmén duì xīn xiàngmù yǒu yí piào fǒujuéquán.

In our company the safety department can veto any new project on its own.

HSK 7-9

总统对这项法案行使了否决权。

Zǒngtǒng duì zhè xiàng fǎ'àn xíngshǐ le fǒujuéquán.

The president used his veto on the bill.

usage

The usual verb is 行使 'to exercise'. 一票否决权 'one-vote veto' is a power that lets a single member or a single criterion sink a whole decision.

culture

Each of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the 常任理事国, holds a 否决权.

否 fǒu

决 jué

权 quán