查询词典 filibuster

And if they don't want that non-nonviolent army going down there, tell them to bring the filibuster to a halt.

如果他们不想非暴力的军队在那平静下来，告诉他们提出暴兵来终止。

The only way to break a filibuster is for three-fifths of the Senate to invoke something called cloture—that is, the cessation of debate.

唯一克服这个阻挠议案通过的方法就是，参议员以3/5的投票通过援引一个称为"限期结束辩论"的规则，就是说，终止辩论。

For most of the 19th century the majority in the Senate had no way to move to "cloture"—ie, end a filibuster and force a vote.

在大部分的十九世纪中，参议院的多数党没有任何方法可以"终结一个辩论"—也就是终止对手以不停发言来阻扰法案的手段并对法案作强制表决。

A series of complex rules has evolved, allowing both filibusters and cloture votes to proceed without fanfare: Just the threat of a filibuster will often be enough to get the majority leader's attention, and a cloture vote will then be organized without anybody having to spend their evenings sleeping in armchairs and cots.

我们制订一系列复杂的规章，允许阻挠议案和终止辩论这种规则的存在，当然是有原因的。只是发出阻挠议事的威胁经常就会引起多数派领导的注意。而制订限期结束辩论的表决规则，所以每个人不必晚上睡在扶手椅和小床上。

In 1917, prompted by a filibuster against Woodrow Wilson's wish to take America into the first world war, the Senate adopted Rule XXII, which said that it could move to cloture if two-thirds of senators present voted for it.

在一九一七年，由于这种filibuster的手段挡下了Woodrow Wilson这位参议员当时希望美国参战一次世界大战的提议，因而刺激了参议院来采用了第二十二号规则，这规则规定如果三分之二出席的参议员同意，可以对辩论做终结。

The Senate, much ridiculed for antique practices like the filibuster and the cloture vote, was expressly designed as a "cooling" chamber, where bills might indeed die unless they commanded broad support.

因为觉得像阻挠议案通过和辩论后投票相当好笑，参议院被专程设计成"冷却"室，在这里除非受到广泛的支持，议案有可能在此终结。

They have now shatter ed the record for the highest number of filibuster s in history.

"他们已经打破了历史上"无限制演讲次数的最高记录。

In the Senate the filibuster is used too often, in part because it is too easy.

在参议院，阻挠议案通过的事情太常发生，部分原因在于阻挠起来很容易。

It takes 60 votes out of 100 to end a filibuster, so 41 senators can block almost anything.

阻止议案的通过需要100中的60票，于是41个参议员就几乎可以组织任何事。

There is another, grimmer history to the filibuster, though, one that carries special relevance for me.

但是，对阻挠议事，还有一个冷酷的历史版本，跟我有特别的关联。

Pradeep Indulkar, a senior official at the Maharashtra state Home Ministry say 101 human were killed and 287 injured.

马哈拉施特拉邦内政部高级官员Pradeep Indulkar称，有101人在冲突中丧生，287人受伤。

Mark Frei, a senior vice president of West, says 80% of West's homeagents have some college education, compared with 30% of those whowork in office-based call centers.

Frei说，该公司80%在家办公的人员都拥有本科学位，而在公司电话中心工作的人中只有30%拥有本科学位。