stonewall

听听怎么读

英 [ˌstəʊnˈwɔ:l]

美 [ˈstoʊnˈwɔl]

是什么意思

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"

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 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)