柯林斯詞典pocket veto 1. N the action of the President in retaining unsigned a bill passed by Congress within the last ten days of a session and thus causing it to die 擱置否決權(quán) 返回 pocket veto劍橋詞典a way that a government can stop a law from being introduced by deliberately failing to sign it before the government finishes its business for the year 擱置否決（指政府對擬議的法律不予簽字，擱置至年度結(jié)束，該法律提案即失傚） 返回 pocket veto