formally approved and invested with legal authority
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用作形容词 (adj.)
We accepted the terms of the contract, on the understanding that it had to be ratified by the full board. 在全部董事会成员批准的条件下,我们接受合同的条款。
For one, Britain's likely next government faces a crisis over the EU's Lisbon treaty, which Parliament ratified last year. 首先,英国下一任政府很可能面临英国议会去年批准的欧盟里斯本协议的挑战。