stonewall

stonewall

英 ['stəʊnwɔːl; stəʊn'wɔːl]
　　美 ['ston'wɔl]

vt. 妨礙；阻礙；小心翼翼地打球
　　vi. 妨礙；阻礙；小心翼翼地打球

中文詞源：

stonewall 石墻，防守，阻止，擋擊

stone,石頭，wall,墻。

例句：

1. The gay and lesbian rights group, Stonewall, sees outing as completely unhelpful.
男女同性戀權益組織“石墻”認為公開揭露同性戀者身份毫無益處。

2. He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals.
他這周竭力避免作出明確答復，甚至連一些最溫和的建議都企圖阻攔。

3. I want you to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment ( Richard M. Nixon )
我要你抵制它, 讓他們請求第五次修改 ( 理查德M.尼克松 )

4. The defense claims that the prosecution and the labs they employ stonewall'discovery requests.
辯方主張控方和他們雇用的實驗室都妨礙瞭辯方的發現請求.