cloture
cloture 英 ['kləʊtʃə] 美 [ˈklotʃɚ]
vt. 结束辩论 n. 讨论终结
进行时:cloturing 过去式:clotured 过去分词:clotured 第三人称单数:clotures 名词复数:clotures
- When a Senate debate is brought to a swift end, it's done with a procedure called cloture. Cloture is most often used to end a filibuster.
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- vt. 结束辩论
- n. 讨论终结
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1. In 1975, the Senate reduced the number of votes needed for cloture to three-fifths (60).
1975年，参议院决定将使用cloture所需的票数从三分之二减为五分之三(60票)。
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2. The ad suggests that if Obama wins the presidency and the Democrats have enough members to invoke cloture, the Democratic president’s proposals could pass through the Senate with minimal debate.
这则广告包含的意思是，如果奥巴马当选总统，并且民主党有足够的票数达到cloture的目的，那么，民主党籍总统的提议只要经过最低限度的辩论即可在参议院获得通过。
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3. This minority resorts to the Senate rule requiring a three-fifths vote — 60 votes — to close (invoke cloture on) debate.
这参议院少数诉诸规定，要求一五分之三票- 60票- 关闭（调用可用终结）的辩论。
- cloture (n.) 1871, the French word for "closure, the action of closing," applied to debates in the French Assembly ("action of closing (debate) by will of a majority"), then to the House of Commons and U.S. Congress, from French clôture, from Old French closture (see closure). It was especially used in English by those opposed to the tactic.
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