stonewalling

基本解釋

But both of them are stonewalling - they refuse to answer any questions at all.
但是，這兩人都拒絕回答任何問(wèn)題，企圖蒙混過(guò)去。
Gates and company were defiant, to the point of stonewalling regulators and refusing to take the charges seriously.
蓋茨和公司目中無(wú)人，到了阻礙監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)并且拒絕認(rèn)真對(duì)待指控的地步。
Iran and Syria, though members of the NPT, are stonewalling inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear guardian, over mounting evidence of clandestine nuclear work.
伊朗和敘利亞，盡管是核不擴(kuò)散條約國(guó)，阻撓國(guó)際原子能機(jī)構(gòu)，聯(lián)合國(guó)的和核監(jiān)查機(jī)構(gòu)的監(jiān)察員監(jiān)查越來(lái)越多關(guān)于秘密核活動(dòng)的證據(jù)。

He was hampered by the protracted obstruction and stonewalling of the President and his team.
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The passage of time is irrelevant when considering the stonewalling by banks and insurers.
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He was asked for this information by several members of the U.S. Senate, and he was stonewalling.
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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.
stonewalling