filibuster

过去分词：

动词过去分词: filibustered

更多词形：

名词: filibusterer | 动词过去式: filibustered | 动词过去分词: filibustered | 动词现在分词: filibustering | 动词第三人称单数: filibusters |

单词例句：

The filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan.

议事阻挠是他们的计划取得成功的主要障碍。

The new Barack Obama has abandoned his vow to filibuster an electronic wiretapping bill if it includes an immunity clause for telecommunications companies that amounts to a sanctioned cover-up of Mr.

这个“新的”奥巴马同时也放弃了他另一项关于阻挠监听法案通过承诺。

There is another, grimmer history to the filibuster, though, one that carries special relevance for me.

但是，对阻挠议事行为，还有一个冷酷的历史版本，跟我有特别的关联。

We could not prolong a filibuster indefinitely.

我们不能无限期地延长抗争。

Getting to 60 votes, enough to defeat a filibuster, is still a tall order.

要想得到足够瓦解阻挠议事的60票仍是个苛求。

That is the number needed to overcome a filibuster.

这就是可以压倒阻挠议案通过的那个数字。

My friend shook her head vehemently. “Do you really think that if the situations were reversed, Republicans would have any qualms about using the filibuster?” she asked.

我的朋友猛地摇头反对。“你真的认为如果形势相反，共和党会犹豫而不使用议事阻挠规则吗？”她问我。

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。

Four days later, Senator Joe Biden shepherded the crime bill through the Senate, 61-38, when 6 Republicans provided the votes necessary to break a filibuster.

四天后，参议员乔.拜登的带头，打击犯罪法案以61票对38票在参议院获得通过。当时我们得到了中止议事阻挠所必需的六张共和党人的票。