Filibuster
[ 'filibʌstə ]
出国 Abroad
n. [史]掠夺兵，暴兵;海盗;阻挠议事的议员;会议妨碍行为;
vt. 阻碍议案通过;
vi. 阻饶议事;掠夺，侵夺;
📝 例句
A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.
一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
They simply threatened to filibuster until the Senate adjourns.
他们仅威胁说要发动抗争直到参议院休会。
Organizing or carry out of a filibuster
为阻挠议事进行组织
The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate.
民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ buster-破坏者,filibuster-防碍议事通过:破坏者防碍议事通过
※ fili-fill塞满,buster-庞然大物:前进的道路上塞满了庞然大物→阻挠
※ fili-谐音“费力”,buster-破坏者:破坏者费力的妨碍议事,阻扰立法
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
filibuster
n
(esp US)
1 person who tries to delay or prevent the making of decisions in (esp parliamentary) meetings by making long speeches 以冗长的演说拖延或阻挠会议（尤指议会）做出决定的人.
2 such a speech 此种冗长的演说. filibuster, v [I]
(esp US) act as a filibuster （以冗长演说）拖延或阻挠
filibustering tactics 藉冗长演说来拖延的战术.
🔁 扩展释义
*['filibʌstә]n. 阻挠议事的活动, 掠夺兵, 暴兵, 海盗vi. 掠夺vt. (以冗长的演说)阻碍议案通过
📖 同为「GMAT」词汇
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But our anniversary isn't until Saturday.
但是要到星期六才是我们结婚周年呀。
We're having a little get-together Friday night.
周五晚上我们有个小派对。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
他花了不少时间把长长的橡胶管接到铺设在码头周围的空气供应管上，最后他终于把它们连接起来，工作因而进展得更快。