English Dictionary

filibuster

/ˈfɪlɪbʌstə(ɹ)/

verb

To take part in a private military action in a foreign country. / (originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

The senator decided to filibuster the bill.

意味（1）

To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.

According to U.S. law, filibustering was a violation of the Neutrality Law of 1818, which prohibited the organization within the United States of any armed force that intended to attack a friendly foreign power. The American government attempted, through the enforcement of this law, to prevent its citizens from filibustering, mostly by preventing potential filibustering groups from organizing and collecting arms for future operations.

意味（2）

(originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

But as the case had dragged on interminably, and he believed, and the world believed, and the Canadians themselves knew, that they intended to filibuster and postpone as long as possible, he took the common-sense way to a settlement.