【原】veto 这个单词你认吗？不要和vote弄混淆了哈！

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今天昕妈看了一则联合国安理会关于乌克兰局势决议草案的新闻，题目如下：

Russia vetoes UN Security Council resolution that denounces its invasion of Ukraine

因为这两天俄乌局势牵动着世界各地人民的注意力，所以哪怕有生词，应该也不难理解。想来大多数小伙伴们都能理解。

这里昕妈提醒小伙伴们注意的是veto[ˈvi:təu]一词，不要和vote 弄混淆了哈！

具体释义是这样的：

n. 否决权；拒绝认可，禁止
v. 否决，禁止；拒不接受，反对

话说veto一词还算是出镜率比较频繁的词汇，它是大学英语四六级、考研、托福、GRE 以及SAT的考纲词汇。

与之相关、容易混淆的就是vote 一词了。

vote [vəut] v. 投票；选举 n. 选票；选举
voter  [ˈvəutə(r)]  n. 投票人，选民 

为了加深小伙伴们对veto 一词的理解，接下来昕妈就分享一下刚才提及的原版新闻，感兴趣的小伙伴们可以看看，同时自测一下阅读理解能力。

Russia on Friday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution denouncing its invasion of Ukraine while China, India, and the United Arab Emirates abstained from the vote.

The remaining 11 council members voted in favor, allowing the draft resolution to be taken up by the 193-member UN General Assembly.

"You can veto this resolution but you cannot veto our voices," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield told her Russian counterpart and the council.

She continued: "You cannot veto the truth. You cannot veto our principles. You cannot veto the Ukrainian people. You cannot veto the UN charter."

The U.S. helped draft the non-binding resolution and sought a vote to put members of the council on the record. The overwhelming rejection of Russian President Vladimir Putin's attack on its neighbor – a sovereign democracy – is another move by Western countries and their allies to further politically isolate Russia.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres later announced the appointment of Amin Awad of Sudan as assistant secretary-general to serve as the UN's crisis coordinator for Ukraine.

综上所述，学习不是死记硬背，小伙伴们可以综合运用对比、联想以及语境理解等方法进行记忆，这样学起来更为有趣。

最后祝愿俄乌纷争早日结束，尽快恢复和平，不要生灵涂炭！