| 词汇 | filibustering |
| 释义 | filibustering present participle offilibuster filibuster verb[ I or T ] mainly USuk /ˈfɪl.ɪ.bʌs.tər/ us /ˈfɪl.ə.bʌs.tɚ/ to make a long speech in order to delay or prevent a new law being made: （为拖延或阻止新法律的通过而）发表冗长的演说 Conceivably, supporters of the law could filibuster to prevent it from being revised.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。 Lecturing & addressing call for papers CFP co-present deliver a speech eunoia jawbone maiden speech monologue onto oratory presentation public speaking sermon sermonize slide speak speaking speech speechify talk at someone Examples of filibusteringfilibustering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. No more filibustering, nor rationalizing, nor excuse making. It is not because we on this side are filibustering, 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My recollection is that it is in accordance with permitted tradition to accuse political opponents of being obstructive and of filibustering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was grateful that he began by saying that he was not filibustering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am beginning to wonder if this is not filibustering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not filibustering, 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one makes any charge of filibustering on a matter of this kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must be interested only in pure filibustering to frustrate legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no intention of delaying the debate or making any kind of filibustering speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly cannot accuse them of filibustering as 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no tradition of that or of filibustering them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why are they using filibustering tactics and raising irrelevant points of order? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not just filibustering to fill in time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may not be filibustering as 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My calculations take no account of long filibustering speches 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 the Open 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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