filibuster 音标拼音: [f'ɪləb
, ʌstɚ]
n . 掠夺兵,暴兵,海盗
vi . 掠夺
vt . 阻碍议案通过
掠夺兵,暴兵,海盗掠夺阻碍议案通过
filibuster n 1 :
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (
or she )
opposes [
synonym :
{
filibuster }, {
filibusterer }]
2 : (
law )
a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches v 1 :
obstruct deliberately by delaying Filibuster \
Fil "
i *
bus `
ter \,
n . [
Sp .
flibuster ,
flibustero ,
corrupted fr .
E .
freebooter .
See {
Freebooter }.]
A lawless military adventurer ,
especially one in quest of plunder ;
a freebooter ; --
originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts ,
but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851 ,
and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua ,
in 1855 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Filibuster \
Fil "
i *
bus *
ter \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Fillibustered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Filibustering }.]
1 .
To act as a filibuster ,
or military freebooter .
--
Bartlett .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To delay legislation ,
by dilatory motions or other artifices . [
political cant or slang ,
U .
S .] --
Bartlett .
[
1913 Webster ]
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "
filibuster ":
address ,
after -
dinner speech ,
allocution ,
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chalk talk ,
cloture ,
committee consideration ,
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division ,
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eulogy ,
exhortation ,
filibusterer ,
filibustering ,
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first reading ,
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forensic address ,
formal speech ,
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funeral oration ,
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hang ,
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hang fire ,
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inaugural address ,
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invective ,
jeremiad ,
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logroll ,
logrolling ,
make time ,
marplot ,
negativist ,
obstructer ,
obstructionist ,
oration ,
ordain ,
outlast ,
outspeak ,
outtalk ,
pass ,
pep talk ,
peroration ,
philippic ,
pigeonhole ,
pitch ,
play for time ,
pocket ,
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prepared text ,
procrastinate ,
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railroad through ,
reading ,
recital ,
recitation ,
roll call ,
roll logs ,
sales talk ,
salutatory ,
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say ,
screed ,
second reading ,
set speech ,
speech ,
speechification ,
speeching ,
stall ,
stall for time ,
stall off ,
steamroller methods ,
stooge around ,
table ,
tabling ,
take the floor ,
talk ,
talk against time ,
talk down ,
talkathon ,
temporize ,
third reading ,
thwarter ,
tirade ,
valediction ,
valedictory ,
valedictory address ,
veto ,
vote ,
yield the floor
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