1·The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, prohibits state governments from denying citizens the "equal protection of the laws".
1868年批准的《美国宪法第十四修正案》禁止州政府剥夺公民享有“法律平等保护”的权利。
2·The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified.
条约没有得到批准,因此被宣布无效。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Only Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines have not ratified the agreement.
只有泰国、印度尼西亚和菲律宾还没有批准这项协议。
4·But officials believe it will be ratified before the end of the summer because the consequences of shelving it are unthinkable.
但是官员们详细这个提案在夏天结束之前能够被批准,因为搁置这项提案的后果是无法想象的。
5·The United States never ratified the Kyoto Protocol and its climate envoys have repeated this week that the country has no intention of signing on.
美国从来没有批准《京都议定书》,美国的气候特使在本周也重复美国没有打算签署。