filibuster

filibuster
[ˈfɪlɪbʌstə]
noun
  1. an action such as prolonged speaking which obstructs progress in a legislative assembly in a way that does not technically contravene the required procedures
    阻挠议事（指在立法会上以发表冗长的演说等非违规手段阻挠议事）
    the Liberals began a filibuster.
    自由党人开始阻挠议事。
    [mass noun]many hours in Committee characterized by filibuster and slow progress.
    因议事受阻、议程拖沓而耗费在委员会中的大量时间。
  2. (historical)a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign state
    (史)擅自对外国发动战争者
verb
  1. [no obj.][often as noun filibustering]act in an obstructive manner in a parliament, especially by speaking at inordinate length
    （尤指发表冗长演说）阻挠议会议事
    several measures were killed by Republican filibustering.
    几项议案均被共和党人的长篇大论扼杀了。
    ■[with obj.]obstruct (a measure) in such a way
    以冗长演说阻挠（议案）通过
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: from French flibustier, first applied to pirates who pillaged the Spanish colonies in the West Indies. In the mid 19th cent. (via Spanish filibustero), the term denoted American adventurers who incited revolution in several Latin American states, whence sense 2. The verb was used to describe tactics intended to sabotage US congressional proceedings, whence sense 1
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