单词filibuster
v.: 〈美〉(因发言冗长)妨碍(会议的进程)；掠夺
n.: （议会中为拖延表决的）冗长演说
网络: 阻挠议事；冗长发言；冗长辩论
（议会中为拖延表决的）冗长演说:
a long speech made in a parliament in order to delay a vote
阻挠议案通过
〔美国〕(因发言冗长)妨碍(会议的进程)
掠夺,侵夺
【历史】掠夺兵,暴兵;海盗
〔美国〕(用冗长的发言)妨碍会议的议员;会议妨碍行为
复数：filibusters
过去分词：filibustered
现在分词：filibustering
NIA hopes to see Rand Paul filibuster any attempts by the U. S. Senate to raise the ceiling on our national debt.
NIA希望看到保罗阻止美国参议院提高美国国债上限任何企图。
Republicans have the right to filibuster under centuries-old rules that this page has long defended.
长久以来的惯例是，共和党人有阻挠议案通过的权利。
She recently threatened a filibuster to kill legislation that would have increased industry liability in the event of a spill.
她最近曾暗示会阻止针对石油天然气行业的立法，以避免其在此次漏油事件中承担更多责任。
Her support would probably give Mr Obama the 60 votes he needs in the upper chamber to see off a Republican filibuster.
OlympiaSnowe支持的表决有可能会让奥巴马赢得他希望得到的上议院60张的选票，这样以此可以来压制共和党人的阻挠。
He had become a master of evasion: his main response to criticism is to threaten, filibuster and delay.
他已是个回避问题的老手：其回应批评的主要方法是一威胁、二阻挠、三拖延。
Yet today the Senate conducts its business, or not, under the constant threat of a filibuster.
然而，今天在参议院进行其业务，还是不行，下一个拉布持续威胁。
But too often, the Republican leadership in the United States Senate chooses to filibuster our recovery and obstruct our progress.
但大多数时候，参议院的共和党领导层却选择了妨碍和阻挠经济复苏进程。
And Republicans suffered a further setback on Monday in their fight to stop the Democrats winning a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
共和党人更在阻止民主党人获得议案通过权（亦即参议院多数）这场争斗中承受了进一步的打击。
With the election of Senator Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts, Democrats can no longer hold off a Republican filibuster.
马萨诸塞州共和党人ScottBrown当选参议员之后，民主党再也无法抵挡住共和党的阻扰了。
Having lost their supermajority in the Senate, the Democrats resorted to a questionable budget procedure to defeat a filibuster.
由于失去了在参议院中的绝对多数，民主党不得不借助一套值得商榷的预算系统来战胜那些阻碍议事进程的人。