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阻挠议事的行动（指在立法会上以发表冗长的演说等不违反程序的方法阻挠议事）：
the Liberals began a filibuster
自由党人开始采取阻挠议事的行动
mass noun many hours in Committee characterized by filibuster and slow progress.耗费在以阻挠议事和办事拖沓为特征的委员会中的多个小时。
2
- historical a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign state〈史〉擅自对外国发动战争者。
no obj.［often as noun filibustering］
1- act in an obstructive manner in a parliament, especially by speaking at inordinate length（尤指通过发表冗长演说）阻挠议会议事：
several measures were killed by Republican filibustering.
几项议案被共和党人用发表长篇大论的方法扼杀了。
1.1
- with obj. obstruct (a measure) in such a way以冗长的演说阻挠（议案）通过。
词源
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.