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单词 filibuster
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filibuster
verb[IorT]
mainlyUS
uk
/ˈfɪl.ɪ.bʌs.tər/us
/ˈfɪl.ə.bʌs.tɚ/
to make alongspeechinordertodelayorpreventa newlawbeing made:
（为拖延或阻止新法律的通过而）发表冗长的演说
Conceivably,supportersof thelawcould filibuster topreventit from beingrevised.可以想到，该法律的支持者会用冗长的演说去阻止其被修订。
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filibuster
noun[C]
mainlyUS
uk
/ˈfɪl.ɪ.bʌs.tər//ˈfɪl.ə.bʌs.tɚ/
alongspeechthat someone makes inordertodelayorpreventa newlawbeing made:
Hestarteda filibuster tostopthedraftingofyoungmen intomilitaryservice.
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  • They can do so because ofarcanerulesthatrequirea 60-votemajoritytostopa filibuster.
  • Lastyearthe Nevada Senatorstageda one-day filibuster,standingon theSenatefloorandtalkingfor eighthoursand 35minutesstraight.
  • During thecivilrightsbattlesof the 1950s and early 1960s, hedefeatedmany anti-discriminationbillsthrough filibusters and otherdelayingtactics.
  • Hethreatenedalast-minutefilibuster against themeasure.
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  • co-present
  • discourse
  • eunoia
  • extemporize
  • floor
  • harangue
  • hold
  • hold forth
  • lead
  • lead off
  • lightning talk
  • monologue
  • PechaKucha
  • presentation
  • sermon
  • sermonize
  • speak
  • speechify
  • valediction
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(Definition offilibusterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
filibuster
verb[IorT]
mainlyUS
uk
/ˈfɪl.ɪ.bʌs.tər/us
/ˈfɪl.ə.bʌs.tɚ/
to make alongspeechinordertodelayorpreventa newlawbeing made
（为拖延或阻止新法律的通过而）发表冗长的演说
Conceivably,supportersof thelawcould filibuster topreventit from beingrevised.可以想到，该法律的支持者会用冗长的演说去阻止其被修订。

filibuster| American Dictionary

filibuster
noun[C]
us
/ˈfɪl·əˌbʌs·tər/
politics & government
(in alegislature) a way ofpreventingalawfrom beingpassedby using therulesor makinglongspeechestodelayvotingon it

filibuster

verb[I/T]us
/ˈfɪl·əˌbʌs·tər/
[I]Thesenatorthreatenedto filibuster ifjobsin hisstatewere notprotected.
(Definition offilibusterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffilibuster

filibuster
Of course, by then he realized that hisfilibuster-based argument did not in fact hold.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Afilibustercan never be successfully waged unless the time for adjournment is definitely and irrevocably fixed.
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There would be no limitation on the adjournment and, hence, no possibility of afilibustersucceeding.
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The lengthyfilibustergave the butchers ample time to prepare their defence.
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And, in the last several decades, the use of filibusters has increased substantially.
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And even thefilibusteritself is an unintended consequence of what she sees as more or less an historical accident in 1806, not a strategically motivated intentional act.
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And, in the end, they were successful, as afilibusterwas launched that prevented the bill from receiving a floor vote for the remainder of the short session.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Apart from piracy there is a danger of the landing on the mainland of armed forces known as filibusters.
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Others, less charitably, would describe it as afilibuster.
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It is not because we on this side are filibustering, but because we have a genuine fear that a mistake is being made here.
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Dilatory motions have succeeded one another, and the result was afilibuster.
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We were not planning tofilibusterit into the small hours of the morning.
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It was a dreadfulfilibusterwhich added nothing to the debate.
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Was it somefilibusterthat was preventing any business getting through?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I was grateful that he began by saying that he was not filibustering.
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