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

• Lee met that night with his top general, Stonewall Jackson.
  那天晚上，李与他的高级将领&史东旺·杰克逊会谈。
• If the Union force attacked before Stonewall Jackson got into position, Lee could not possibly hold it back.
  如果联盟军在史东旺·杰克逊达到目的前发起攻击，那么李将难以阻止它们（的攻击）。
• 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。
• 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。
• Southern commanders included Thomas ( Stonewall) Jackson, Joseph Johnston, James Longstreet, and J.E.B. Stuart.
  当时南部邦联的指挥将领包括托马斯（斯顿威尔）约翰逊、约瑟夫约翰斯顿、詹姆斯朗斯特里特和J.E.B.斯图亚特。
• While GM opted for something approaching full disclosure of its missteps, publishing an report into company-wide fumbles, Japanese airbag maker Tanaka chose to stonewall. It left any remedies up to its beleaguered customers, notably Honda and Toyota.
  这家汽车制造商选择勇敢曝光自己的失误，并公开发布了一份自查报告。而日本气囊生产商高田公司却对气囊门三缄其口，转而把补救措施留给其深陷困境的客户本田和丰田来实施。
• 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。
• Top of the Stonewall index, Ernst& young can now measure the business case after conducting global research around the correlation of employee engagement and the performance of business units.
  领衔“石墙”指数的安永（ernst&young）在对员工投入度与业务部门业绩之间的关联进行全球调查后，现在能够衡量多元化的商业必要性。
• From deep within the heart of the Stonewall Mountains, home to the magnificent halls of the Wheel Clan, do I bring you, humble reader, this tome pertaining to all things dwarven.
  尊敬（怀疑是原文错了）的读者，我觉得自己就是在石墙山脉深处的轮氏部落的壮丽厅堂里，写下的这本反映矮人生活各方面的书。