名人教你讲英文：从拉布战谈Critical Reading (2)

名人教英文：从拉布战谈critical reading (2)

上周引用了小女早前在《南华早报》对于立法会拉布战的评论。她说，提出过千项修订的议员"have truly refined the art of specificity"（把形容细致的艺术升华），用了讽刺（irony）的修辞法，但不等于作者对拉布采取敌视（hostile）的态度。

文章续指出，虽然建制派占议会大多数，能把修订逐项否决，但拉布终究阻碍立法过程：

although the majority will has so far prevailed (占上风), with the amendments (修订案) being rejected one by one, this situation is most certainly not a victory for our democracy. activity that does not advance (推进) a bill (草案) and serves no purpose but to indefinitely delay voting prevents lawmakers from exercising their role as elected representatives of the people. the most crippling (害处极大的) result of a filibuster (拉布) is its obstruction (妨碍) to the legislative process.