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  1. stonewall

    • IPA[ˌstəʊnˈwɔːl]

    英式

    • v.
      delay or obstruct (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by being evasive;bat extremely defensively.
    • n.
      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

    • 釋義
    • 相關詞

    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
    • ph.
      see Jackson, Thomas Jonathan

    Oxford American Dictionary

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    • IPA[ˈstōnˌwôl]

    美式

    • v.
      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