stonewalling的中文翻译是什么意思
stonewalling
n. 慎打，阻碍或妨碍议程，石墙
v. （用冗长发言或拒绝回答问题等）拖延[阻碍]议事，设置障碍( stonewall的现在分词 ); 拒绝执行命令，拒绝服从命令; （板球中）打守势球，小心地打慢球
stonewalling的柯林斯释义
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。
stonewalling的英文释义
Noun
1. stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate
stonewalling的场景例句
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。
North Vietnamese stonewalling doomed Cambodia, however, to prolonged agony.
然而北越人的拖延战术却使柬埔寨惨遭长期的磨难.
Through the dinner, I was stonewalling.
吃饭的过程中, 我始终很谨慎.
The witnesses ate stonewalling our investigation.
证人们阻碍着我们的调查.
But both of them are stonewalling - they refuse to answer any questions at all.
但是,这两人都拒绝回答任何问题,企图蒙混过去.