Filibuster/GRE/Barron

红宝 蓝宝 Barron

filibuster

• block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter
  • 例句: Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals, we were impressed by his ability to filibuster endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.