| 词汇 | stonewalled |
| 释义 | stonewalled past simple and past participle ofstonewall stonewall verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈstəʊn.wɔːl/ us /ˈstoʊn.wɑːl/ to stop a discussion from developing by refusing to answer questions or by talking in such a way that you prevent other people from giving their opinions: （以拒绝回答问题或阻止他人发表意见等方式）阻碍（议事），（为）（讨论）设置障碍 The interviewer accused the minister of stonewalling on the issue of tax increases.采访者指责部长闭口不谈增加税收的问题。 Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably bottleneck derail fireproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusive prejudice prevent preventable preventative scuttle smother Examples of stonewalledstonewalled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. All my questions were stonewalled. It was complete even to the tin openers, but we were stonewalled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a firm attitude of government that has been represented throughout all our discussions—courteously entertained but stonewalled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of his predecessors stonewalled on the issue for many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was stonewalled by refusals to do anything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are asked to take too much on trust, and stonewalled when we ask what terms such as "significant"and"verifiable" mean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A constituent may have a grievance against a local health authority, but is stonewalled by that authority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know what he did except that he stonewalled pretty well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He stonewalled very well and gave nothing away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not stonewalled and do not intend to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That scheme, too, was stonewalled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has always been courteous, not only in accepting our suggestions—on the rare occasions when he has done so but also when, more frequently, he has "stonewalled". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His predecessors in office stonewalled on this question for a number of years, first on the ground of cost, then on the ground that certain safeguards were necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the government commissioners stonewalled the proposal and struck the book off the nominations' list. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hewson stonewalled and was unable to answer a seemingly straightforward question. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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