VERB (爲隐瞞或逃避某事而)暫不作決定,遲遲不作答複,態度騎牆 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. (爲隐瞞或逃避某事而)暫不作決定,遲遲不作答複,態度騎牆 [disapproval] [Also Von n]
The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment. [VERB]
政府只是在模棱兩可地拖延時間,企圖掩蓋自己的政治窘態。
He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals. [VERB noun]
他這周竭力避免作出明確答複,甚至連一些最溫和的建議都企圖阻攔。
stonewalling
After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue.