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stonewall
英[ˌstəʊn'wɔːl] 美['stoʊn'wɔːl]
单词基本解释
v.阻碍议事;妨碍;[体]打防守球

名词::stonewaller

过去式::stonewalled

过去分词::stonewalled

现在分词::stonewalling

第三人称单数::stonewalls

详尽释义
v.(动词)
  1. 小心翼翼地打球
  2. 妨碍或阻碍
  3. 防守挡击
  4. 【体】打防守球
  5. 拖延(阻碍)议事
  6. 设置障碍
  7. 拒绝执行命令
  8. 拒绝合作
n.(名词)
  1. 难于逾越的障碍
  2. 妨碍行为
英英释义
Verb:
  1. obstruct or hinder any discussion;

    "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"
    "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"

  2. engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate;

    "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"

词典解释

1.(为隐瞒或逃避某事而)暂不作决定,迟迟不作答复,态度骑墙
If you say that someonestonewalls, you disapprove of them because they delay giving a clear answer or making a clear decision, often because there is something that they want to hide or avoid doing.

e.g. The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment...
政府只是在模棱两可地拖延时间,企图掩盖自己的政治窘态。
e.g. He did his best this week tostonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals.
他这周竭力避免作出明确答复,甚至连一些最温和的建议都企图阻拦。

stonewalling
After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue.
拖了 18 天后,他终于肯出来面对该问题了。
网络解释

1. 斯通沃尔:例如1989 年的作品<>,这是一幅画在谢里丹广场(Sheridan Square)广告牌上(20 多年前在附近发生了斯通沃尔(stonewall)暴动),画中开列出了一系列影响同性恋群体的重要事件,这些事件以年代顺序列出,

2. 慎重的打球:stonemason 石工 |stonewall 慎重的打球 |stonewalling 石墙

3. 搪塞:84.stick-in-the-mud 顽固守旧分子 | 85.stonewall 搪塞 | 86.straight from the horse's mouth 可靠地

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例句
He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals.

他这周竭力避免作出明确答复,甚至连一些最温和的建议都企图阻拦。

The defense claims that the prosecution and the labs they employ stonewall'discovery requests.

辩方主张控方和他们雇用的实验室都妨碍了辩方的发现请求.

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经典引文
  • Oh, sure, we can..talk to them, but they'll stonewall for a while and then what?

    出自:T. Clancy
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