Yes, there were filibusters in the past - most notably by segregationists trying to block civil rights legislation.没错, 过去也有使用阻挠立法手段的 —— 尤其是种族隔离分子阻止民权法案使用过....
set up的近义词有：build, construct, found, erect, establish, set up。下面这些动词均有"建设，建立，建造"的含义：build：普通用词，含义广泛，可指一切具体或抽象的建造或建立。construct：较正式用词，强调根据一定计划进行的规模较大，结构较复杂，要求较高技术的建造。found：侧重打下基础或创办，具体或抽象事物均可用。erect：侧重指对高而垂直物的建造。使用不如build广...
诈骗犯经常会被正直守法的朋友和邻居告发。Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.他的前妻几天后向警方告发了他。His ex-wife reported him to police a few days later.他们被指控唆使儿童告发自己的父母。They were accused of encouraging children to rat on th...
He was ceding line but more slowly all the time.他正在放出钓索,然而越来越慢了.Settlement would require ceding some Egyptian territory.解决办法将要求埃及让出一些领土.Does this man look like he's ceding czechoslovakia to a fascist dictatorship?这男...
工程垮掉系环境所迫。The reasons for the project collapsing were circumstantial.为饥饿所迫, 他为极少的工资而工作.Forced by hunger, he worked for the most niggardly pay.他为环境所迫而犯罪.He was forced into crime by circumstances....
They had every qualification for success.他们具备获得成功的各种条件.The ability to impart knowledge and command respect is the essential qualification for teachers.具备传授知识并赢得尊敬的能力是对教师的基本要求。A degree is by no means an essential qualific...