VERB
(為隱瞞或逃避某事而)暫不作決定,遲遲不作答復,態度騎墻
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.
例句
The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment...
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.
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。