filibusters

听听怎么读

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是什么意思

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

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[ 'filib?st? ]

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

学习怎么用

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

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