stonewalling
英 [ˈstəʊnwɔːlɪŋ]
美 [ˈstoʊnwɔːlɪŋ]
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的现在分词
COCA.39873
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.- 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...
英英释义
noun
- stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate
双语例句
- 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。 - Are you stonewalling the general'cause it's good For the team here, or are you protecting the woman Who popped you out lo these many years ago, huh?
你这么搪塞将军是为了我们这群人好了还是为了保护那个N年前一脚把你蹬开的女人的,哈? - There's a whole set of other people who believe that, by being aggressive and stonewalling, you'll get a better political deal.
有很多其他人认为,好斗一些、横加阻挠会带来条件更优厚的政治交易。 - After years of stonewalling, Iran's centrifuge answers will be an indication of whether it will now co-operate with inspectors, though it could stop at any point.
几年来,伊朗都拒绝做出解释,现在它对于其离心机的解释将会证明它是否会与检查人员合作,虽然它可以随时中止这种合作。 - 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。 - In her isolated position, the director was unable to respond dispassionately enough to the criticism heaped on her by others. Instead, she seems to have lapsed into defensive stonewalling.
在这样一种孤立的境地里,泰穆尔无法足够冷静地面对外界对她的大量批评,而似乎躲进了一个自我防御的堡垒。 - The interviewer accused the Minister of stonewalling on the issue of tax increases.
采访者指责部长在增税问题上闭口不谈。 - Or rather I'm slogging it out, and my bank, First Direct, is doing some admirable slogging on my behalf, but the airline is stonewalling.
更确切地说,是我在苦苦努力,我的银行FirstDirect正代表我做着一些令人钦佩的努力工作,但这家航空公司却在从中作梗。 - If Nixon had wanted to adopted a stonewalling strategy on the summit he should not have let me go to moscow.
如果尼克松要在最高级会谈问题上采取拖延策略,他本不应该派我到莫斯科去。 - Stonewalling for time in order to close the missile gap ( James Reston)
拖延时间以弥补导弹方面的差距(詹姆斯赖斯顿)