stonewall

英 [ˈstəʊnwɔːl]

美 [ˈstoʊnwɔːl]

v.  防守挡击(政治上指通过沉默或冗长发言等手段阻碍议事或拖延决议)

复数：stonewalls　现在分词：stonewalling　过去式：stonewalled　第三人称单数：stonewalls　过去分词：stonewalled　

GRE

COCA.29016

牛津词典

verb

• 防守挡击（政治上指通过沉默或冗长发言等手段阻碍议事或拖延决议）
  (especially in politics) to delay a discussion or decision by refusing to answer questions or by talking a lot

柯林斯词典

• VERB (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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate
  1. The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist
• obstruct or hinder any discussion
  1. Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation
  2. When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls

双语例句

• I want you to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment ( Richard M.Nixon)
  我要你抵制它，让他们请求第五次修改（理查德M.尼克松）
• According to Stonewall, about a quarter of gay employees hide their orientation from colleagues.
  石墙的数据显示，约四分之一的同性恋员工对同事隐瞒自己的性取向。
• Senior South Korean officials are now telling journalists the South may stiffen its policy toward the North even further soon, if North Korea continues to stonewall the investigation.
  韩国高级官员告诉记者，如果北韩继续阻止调查，韩国可能很快进一步对北韩采取强硬政策。
• Only two out of nine fire services that took part in the survey scored well enough to make it, said Stonewall.
  石墙表示，在参加调查的9家消防服务机构中，只有两家的得分足够进入前100名。
• 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。
• They stonewall their partner, holding all of their feelings inside them, except when threatening to explode like a volcano.
  他们与伙伴们筑起围，压抑自己的感受，除非他们的害怕足以使到火山爆发。
• 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 great Confederate General, Stonewall Jackson, was dead.
  伟大的同盟军将领，史东旺·杰克逊，逝世了。
• These dancing images frozen on the stonewall are not only reliable source materials of ancient Chinese dancing, but more important references and valuable resources for the research of the history, creation and performance of authentic Chinese dancing.
  这些静止在石壁上的舞蹈造型，既是古代舞蹈的信史资料，更是我们研究中国舞蹈历史和创作、表演中国民族舞蹈的重要参照和宝贵资源。
• Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead.
  叛军的队伍从大街上走过来，斯通沃尔？杰克逊骑马走在前头。