abstention vote

基本解釋

Although Mr Fini has courage, he is capable of breathtaking inconsistency—just take the abstention in this week’s vote.
盡管菲尼先生有勇氣，他前后不一致的驚人表現(xiàn)只通過本周的投票上表示棄權就可以窺得一二。
Regional elections offer a chance to register a protest vote or an abstention, since for most voters the stakes are low.
這一選舉提供了一次投抗議票或者棄權票的機會，因為對于大多數(shù)選民來說如此做的風險并不高。
Rousseff has said she disagreed with Brazil's abstention in a U.N. vote last year condemning Iranian rights abuses, which focused on atrocities against women.
她還對去年巴西在聯(lián)合國就制裁伊朗踐踏婦女權益的議題投棄權票表示異議。

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