stonewall
英['stoun'wɔːl]
美['ston'wɔl]
- 拖延议事， 设置障碍
词态变化
复数: stonewalls;第三人称单数: stonewalls;过去式: stonewalled;过去分词: stonewalled;现在分词: stonewalling;
双语例句
- 1. The gay and lesbian rights group, Stonewall, sees outing as completely unhelpful.
- 男女同性恋权益组织“石墙”认为公开揭露同性恋者身份毫无益处。
- 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。
- 3. I want you to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment ( Richard M. Nixon )
- 我要你抵制它, 让他们请求第五次修改 ( 理查德M.尼克松 )
- 4. The defense claims that the prosecution and the labs they employ stonewall'discovery requests.
- 辩方主张控方和他们雇用的实验室都妨碍了辩方的发现请求.