filibustering
present participle offilibuster
| 单词 | filibustering |
| 释义 | filibustering present participle offilibuster filibuster verb[IorT] mainlyUSuk/ˈfɪl.ɪ.bʌs.tər/us/ˈfɪl.ə.bʌs.tɚ/to make alongspeechinordertodelayorpreventa newlawbeing made: Conceivably,supportersof thelawcould filibuster topreventit from beingrevised. Lecturing & addressing
Examplesoffilibusteringfilibustering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. No morefilibustering, nor rationalizing, nor excuse making. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not because we on this side arefilibustering, but because we have a genuine fear that a mistake is being made here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My recollection is that it is in accordance with permitted tradition to accuse political opponents of being obstructive and offilibustering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was grateful that he began by saying that he was notfilibustering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am beginning to wonder if this is notfilibustering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am notfilibustering, but this raises a subject about which we have not been told sufficient; namely, the question of the penalty clauses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one makes any charge offilibusteringon a matter of this kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They must be interested only in purefilibusteringto frustrate legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no intention of delaying the debate or making any kind offilibusteringspeech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly cannot accuse them offilibusteringas they sit there without saying a word in this very important debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no tradition of that or offilibusteringthem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why are they usingfilibusteringtactics and raising irrelevant points of order? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not justfilibusteringto fill in time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may not befilibusteringas we have experienced it on previous occasions, but there has been a whole gathering of new faces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My calculations take no account of longfilibusteringspeches which may not have been out of order but which certainly were prolonged unduly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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