filibustered

英汉释义

• 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

英英释义

• 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

英汉例句

• 1.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。

• 2.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。

• 3.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。

• 4.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。

• 5.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。