n. 掠夺兵( filibuster的名词复数 );暴兵;<美>(用冗长的发言)阻挠议事的议员;会议妨碍行为 v. 阻碍或延宕国会或其他立法机构通过提案( filibuster的第三人称单数 );掠夺
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Top on the list should be eliminating the gerrymandering of safe seats in the house of representatives and the blocking procedures in senate rules and filibusters .
首要任务应该是遏制众议院安全席徇私舞弊,减少参议院规则中的阻挠程序和阻挠议员。
And if he cheats and filibusters , mr tsvangirai should simply walk out .
反之,如果他进行欺骗或者阻碍议案通过,那么,茨万吉拉伊先生将一走了之。
They were even rewarded for problems they had created ; they had killed health care , campaign finance reform , and lobbying reform with senate filibusters .
Next year the democrats will have large majorities in both arms of congress , but not quite enough seats in the senate to shut down filibusters and make republicans irrelevant .
明年,民主党在国会的两院都将占有更大份额,不过席位还没达到足以限制住阻挠派而让共和党人置身事外。
President obama now deplores filibusters ; senator obama filibustered an up or down vote on nominees like samuel alito to the supreme court and john bolton to a u. s.ambassadorship .