[ 第三人称单数 stonewalls 现在分词 stonewalling 过去式 stonewalled 过去分词 stonewalled ]
"Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"
"The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"
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V-T/V-I If you say that someone stonewalls, you disapprove of them because they delay giving a clear answer or making a clear decision, often because there is something that they want to hide or avoid doing. 迟迟不答复; 拖延作决定 [表不满]
The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment.
政府只是在故意拖延，企图掩盖其政治窘态。
stonewalling N-UNCOUNT
After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue.
拖延了18 天后，他终于出来面对问题了。
He got the name "Stonewall" at the Battle of Bull Run in the summer of eighteen sixty-one.
在1861年夏的布尔朗战役中，他获得了“石墙(斯通威尔)”的称号。
This natural stonewall is another element that celebrates the traditional material in contemporary light.
这种天然石墙也是庆祝传统材料在当代光环境下的另一种元素。
Lee sent Stonewall Jackson, with twenty-four thousand men, on a quick march around the western end of Pope's lines.
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If the Union force attacked before Stonewall Jackson got into position, Lee could not possibly hold it back.
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He got the name "Stonewall" at the Battle of Bull Run in the summer of eighteen sixty-one.
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