stonewall
听听怎么读
英 [ˌstəʊnˈwɔ:l]
美 [ˈstoʊnˈwɔl]
是什么意思
(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"
- obstruct or hinder any discussion
学习怎么用
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
- 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 WorldToward Stonewall: Homosexuality and Society in the Modern Western WorldMovements and Memory: The Making of the Stonewall MythLong before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America by Thomas A. FosterIn the Shadows of Stonewall Examining Gay Transnational Politics and the Diasporic DilemaThe 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 PalestineHard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall by Thomas Waugh (review)