stonewalls的中文翻译是什么意思

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。