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stonewall
- IPA[ˌstəʊnˈwɔːl]
英式
- delay or obstruct (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by being evasive;bat extremely defensively.
- an act of delaying or obstructing a person, request, or process
verb: stonewall, 3rd person present: stonewalls, gerund or present participle: stonewalling, past tense: stonewalled, past participle: stonewalled
noun: stonewall, plural noun: stonewalls
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動詞
- 1. delay or obstruct (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by being evasive she has also stonewalled queries about her love life
- ▪ bat extremely defensively.
名詞
- 1. an act of delaying or obstructing a person, request, or process I have repeatedly given him the opportunity to clear this matter up, but the estate has met with stonewall after stonewall
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- IPA[ˈstōnˌwôl]
美式
- delay or block (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by giving ... the highest level of bureaucracy stonewalled us
Oxford American Dictionary