stonewalling
[s'toʊnwɑ:lɪŋ]
n.
慎打，阻碍或妨碍议程，石墙;
v.
（用冗长发言或拒绝回答问题等）拖延[阻碍]议事，设置障碍( stonewall的现在分词 );
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;
例句:
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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。
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After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue.
拖了18天后，他终于肯出来面对该问题了。
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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.
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"I'm not stonewalling," Mr. Hayward said.
来自WSJ
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Only this one man had done the talking stonewalling was more like it.
来自NEWYORKER
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Stonewalling The report by the committee contains some of the most severe criticism of a civil servant yet published.
来自BBC