stonewalls
英 [ˈstəʊnwɔːlz]
美 [ˈstoʊnwɔːlz]
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的第三人称单数
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
- The black Tower is a scary place: it is very large and empty, and the stonewalls have no Windows.
黑塔是个今天恐惧的地方：很大，空荡荡的，石头砌的墙上没有窗户。 - Such construction is characterized by the towering minarets, massive stonewalls, narrow windows, stained glass, dark inside, gloomy tunnel and even the morgue in the building.
这类建筑的突出特点是高耸的尖塔，厚重的石壁，狭窄的窗户，染色的玻璃，幽暗的内部，阴森的地道甚至还有藏尸所等。