The custom in the U.S. Senate of refusing to confirm a presidential appointment to office opposed by both senators from the state of the appointee or by the senior senator of the President's party.参议院的礼貌否决：美国参议院拒绝认可总统对某官员任命的一种惯例。这名官员受到其所属州的参议员或总统所属党派中资格较老的参议员的反对