stonewalled
英 [ˈstəʊnwɔːld]
美 [ˈstoʊnwɔːld]
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)
stonewall的过去分词和过去式
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 someone stonewalls, 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.- 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。 - 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 administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment...
双语例句
- Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stonewalled fields.
在这片以石墙隔出巴掌大的农田的乡村，驴子比汽车还多。 - I sold everything I owned to come looking for Thassarian, only to be stonewalled by the local bureaucracy.
我卖掉了全部家当去寻找Thassarian，当地的官僚却严密的封锁了消息。 - I tried to find out who should be held responsible for the accident, but he stonewalled me.
我试图去探寻谁应该对这件事情负责，但是他故意阻挠我。 - Last time, Chinese officials are said largely to have stonewalled overseas regulators.
上一次，中国官员据悉基本上把外国监管者拒之门外。