filibustered

filibustered

美 [ˈfɪlɪˌbʌstər] 　英 [ˈfɪlɪˌbʌstə(r)]

• n.【史】掠夺兵；海盗；〈美〉(用冗长的发言)妨碍会议的议员
• v.〈美〉(因发言冗长)妨碍(会议的进程)；掠夺
• 网络阻挠议事；冗长发言；冗长辩论

词形变化

复数：filibusters  现在分词：filibustering  过去式：filibustered  

英汉解释

n.	1. 【史】掠夺兵,暴兵;海盗 2. 〈美〉(用冗长的发言)妨碍会议的议员;会议妨碍行为
v.	1. 〈美〉(因发言冗长)妨碍(会议的进程) 2. 掠夺,侵夺

英英解释

n.	1. a situation in which a politician deliberately delays or prevents a proposal from becoming law by continuing to speak until the end of a debate

例句

He filibustered the proposed law to death in the last session of Congress.

在国会上一次开会时他施展阻挠战术把提交的法案给抹杀了。

He had filibustered before, the old-fashioned way: in 1964 for a straight 14 hours 13 minutes, to try to kill the Civil Rights Act.

他以前也曾以老式的方式阻挠议事：1964年，一次长达14小时13分钟的演讲，试图遏止人权法案。

Southern Democrats filibustered to keep the segregationist Jim Crow laws alive.

南部地区的民主党人阻止了分裂主义的克劳法继续生效。

The NDP filibustered it for 58 hours, delaying the start of Parliament's summer recess.

新民主党对此展开了58小时的演讲，以延迟众议院的夏季休会。

He had filibustered for 23 hours without leaving the Senate floor.

他连续23个小时未曾离开参议院而不停地演说，以此阻挠议案通过。