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stonewall

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  • vi.

    (用冗长发言或拒绝回答问题等)拖延[阻碍]议事,设置障碍;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;

  • 变形

    过去式:stonewalled过去分词:stonewalled现在分词:stonewalling第三人称单数:stonewalls

    英英释义

    stonewall[ ,stəun'wɔ:l ]

    • v.
      • obstruct or hinder any discussion

        "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"

      • engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate

        "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"

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    双语例句

    用作动词(v.)
    1. I want you to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment.
      我要你抵制它,让他们请求第五次修改。

    权威例句

    Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution (Book)
    Toward Stonewall: Homosexuality and Society in the Modern Western World
    Toward Stonewall: Homosexuality and Society in the Modern Western World
    Movements and Memory: The Making of the Stonewall Myth
    Long before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America by Thomas A. Foster
    In the Shadows of Stonewall Examining Gay Transnational Politics and the Diasporic Dilema
    The Drosophila stonewall gene encodes a putative transcription factor essential for germ cell development.
    Should religious beliefs be allowed to stonewall a secular approach to withdrawing and withholding treatment in children?
    Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Farmers’ Perceptions of Land Degradation and Stonewall Terraces in Central Palestine
    Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall by Thomas Waugh (review)