filibusters

n.

掠夺兵( filibuster的名词复数 )；暴兵；（用冗长的发言）阻挠议事的议员；会议妨碍行为

v.

阻碍或延宕国会或其他立法机构通过提案( filibuster的第三人称单数 )；掠夺；

英英释义

filibuster[ 'filibʌstə ]

n.

a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

同义词：filibusterer

a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

v.obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.
民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。

用作动词(v.)

Supporters of the law filibustered to prevent it from being revised.
法律的支持者阻碍议案通过，以防法律被修改。

权威例句

Filibusters and Expansionists

Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate

Texans and Filibusters in the 1850's

Filibusters and Freemasons: The Sworn Obligation

What We Don't Know about Filibusters

Filibusters and Expansionists: Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821

The Nuclear Option for Stopping Filibusters

Filibusters and Financiers. The Story of William Walker and His Associates by William Walker; William O. Scroggs

Agents of Manifest Destiny: The Lives and Times of the Filibusters by Charles H. Brown

Extended Debate Over Time: Patterns and Trends in the History of Filibusters in the U.S. Senate