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 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。