1. That means the Democrats will no longer hold the 60-vote supermajority needed to overcome Republican procedural maneuvers to block votes on legislation such as a health care reform bill, Obama''s top legislative priority.
    而只有获得绝对多数席位，民主党才能阻止共和党利用程序性策略来阻碍法案的通过，比如奥巴马政府的首要政策目标医疗改革方案。

2. The system comes up for annual renewal and a tie vote is enough to block it.
    制出来的，并每年续票数足以阻止。

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3. Senate Democrats on Tuesday tried for the second time in a week to bring a bill to dramatically lift a cap on oil companies''liability for spills to the Senate floor for a debate and vote, only to have Republicans block it.
    在美国本土向英国石油公司那样的悲剧也许会重演。本周2美国参议院民主党人再次对限制石油公司出产的议案进行了第二轮投票和讨论，遭到了所有共和党人的反对。

4. Democrats in the Senate have lost their sixty-vote supermajority needed to block any effort by Republicans to kill legislation.
    参议院民主党已经失去了阻止共和党反对任何立法的三分之二的优势。

5. He used his casting vote to block the motion.
    他用他决定性的一票来阻拦动议。

6. Any of these countries can block a proposal by casting a negative vote, even if the other four permanent and all non-permanent members vote in favour.
    任何一个常任理事国家投反对票，就能阻止提案通过，即使其余4个常任理事国和所有非常任理事国都投赞成票也不行。

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7. But this time, some Senate Republicans may even block a vote on this issue.
    但这一次，部分共和党参议员可能会阻扰对这项议题的投票。

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8. Second, it stops target companies from putting up the kinds of artificial barriers to block unwelcome takeovers that are common in the US, from the poison pill defence to stopping shareholders being able immediately to vote out boards that stand in the way of bids.
    其次，该守则能够防止目标公司制造人为障碍，阻挠在美国常见的不受欢迎的收购，例如毒丸防御手段，或是让股东无法立刻投票将阻挠收购的董事会扫地出门。

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9. In fact, they used their power to block the issue from even coming up for a vote.
    实际上，他们利用他们的权力阻止这项议题参与投票表决。

10. But the partisan rift that has divided the country also deepened following the vote as 11 state attorneys general threatened legal action to block aspects of the bill and conservative activists said they were raising money on the back of it.
    但割裂美国民意的党派分歧也在投票后有所加深，有11个州的检察长威胁要采取法律行动，阻挠部分医改措施，而保守派活动人士称，这件事让他们筹集到更多资金。

11. The trade union block vote is an excrescence on democracy.
      工会集团投票制是民主的毒瘤。

12. Mid-term elections usually draw a light turnout, but attention was unusually high this time as a loose coalition of radical teachers''unions and activists vowed to block the vote.
      选民们在中期选举中通常投票并不踊跃，但由于持激进立场的教师工会和活动人士组成一个松散的联盟，誓言抵制选举，所以人们对这次中期选举表现出不同寻常的关注。

13. Unlike in New Hampshire, where the overwhelmingly Obama - leaning block of independents are permitted to vote in either party''s race, many of the February 5 states hold closed primaries, where only registered party members can vote.
      与新罕布什尔州的初选不同，2月5日那天许多州将实行封闭式初选，只有经过注册的两党成员才能投票。而在新罕布什尔州，大批支持奥巴马的独立选民都可以对任意一党的初选直接投票。

14. By a vote of 52 to 48, the Senate ended the use of so-called filibusters against presidential nominees, overturning traditions in the chamber that allowed the minority party to block White House nominees.
      参议院以52票对48票的结果，结束了所谓的使用借助冗长发言等方式阻碍议事程序规则（filibuster）反对总统提名的做法，推翻了参议院允许少数党阻扰白宫提名的传统。

15. Foreigners collectively own about 20 per cent of Olympus, and could vote against the appointments in April – though their influence is too small to block the proposed changes on their   own.
      外国投资者共持有奥林巴斯约20%的股权，他们可能会在4月的股东大会上投票反对这些任命。不过他们的影响力太小，单凭自身不足以否决拟议中的变动。

16. Shigeru Inaida, who is responsible for opinion polling at Kyodo, a Japanese news agency, notes that they tend to vote as a block, and can sway the outcome of elections.
      稻彦繁（？）是一名在京都负责民意测验的日本新闻记者，他指出这些选民倾向于成批地投票，这样就能够影响大选的结果。

17. Kurdish opposition groups led by the " Goran ", or Change block of Nusherwan Mustapha, issued a list of complaints about improper electoral procedures and numerous irregularities during Saturday''s vote.
      由穆斯塔法领导的库尔德反对派团体公布了一个单子，列出了它们认为星期六选举中存在的选举程序不当和许多违规行为。

18. We also found that in companies with no large block shareholdings, avoiding a shareholder vote was more likely than in companies that had them.
      我们也发现，没有大股东的公司比有大股东的公司避免股东表决的机会更大。

19. Because that vote block can be perceived, or is perceived rather, as a potential swing block vote
      因为选举结果可猜想，或猜想的作为一种潜在的动摇力