Protest voting. Because little seems to be at stake, people often show dissatisfaction by voting against governments.
反对票因为没啥利害攸关的事要通过投票来决定,人们常常用反对票来表达对政府的不满。President Obama has said he would veto the legislation if it were eventually passed.
奥巴马表示,即使该法案最终通过,他也会投反对票。Turkey and Brazil voted against the new UN sanctions, but today Brazil announced that it was reluctantly prepared to enforce them.
土耳其与巴西对于联合国新的制裁投了反对票,但巴西今天宣布,巴西将不情愿地准备实施制裁。Even those constituents who detest her politics and would never vote for her, do admit that she has always been a very good constituency MP.
连那些讨厌她的政治主张并对她投反对票的选民,也承认她始终是该选区的一位好议员。Still, as recently as a family meeting last Monday, he appeared ready to vote against it, they said.
但是,正如最近在一家报纸上周一,看来他已准备投反对票,他们说。The referendum will allow voters to punish him for his perceived betrayals by voting against the change.
全民公投将允许选民们以投反对票的方式惩罚他的背叛。Mr Obama voted against raising the debt limit that day and will, no doubt, be reminded of this fact by Republicans in coming weeks.
当时奥巴马对提高国债限额投了反对票,毋庸置疑,未来数周共和党人将会重提此事。The turnout in the referendum in the German capital was too low and of those who took part, the majority voted against the proposal.
出现在德国首都公民投票现场的人数太少了并且那些参与投票的人当中大多数对此提议投了反对票。Attempts to send peacekeepers to Sudan, or to impose sanctions on Iran, may be frustrated by Chinese opposition.
向苏丹派驻维持和平部队,或者对伊朗进行禁运的企图可能会被中国的反对票所阻止。