stonewalling
present participle ofstonewall
| 单词 | stonewalling |
| 释义 | stonewalling present participle ofstonewall stonewall verb[IorT] uk/ˈstəʊn.wɔːl/us/ˈstoʊn.wɑːl/tostopadiscussionfromdevelopingbyrefusingtoanswerquestionsor bytalkingin such a way that youpreventotherpeoplefrom givingtheiropinions: Theintervieweraccusedtheministerof stonewalling on theissueoftaxincreases. Preventing and impeding
Examplesofstonewallingstonewalling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thestonewallingsubscale assesses an individual's refusal to work together with a partner toward conflict resolution. From theCambridge English Corpus Because of the severity of conflict associated with problem drinking,stonewalling(emotional disengagement, withdrawal from the relationship) may therefore be a problem for such couples. From theCambridge English Corpus He seems to be on a sticky wicket today and isstonewallingagainst everything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish his imagination as a constructive statesman was equal to his capacity forstonewalling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that universities have beenstonewallingagainst the technical colleges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have written to it about many of these matters and have received onlystonewallinganswers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot remember ever having signed or received so palpable an example ofstonewallingas the letter we have just received. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But to say outright that he cannot do anything is juststonewalling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What chance is one likely to have against astonewallingoperation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question ofstonewallingor of trying to hide behind anything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She put up a brilliant piece ofstonewalling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thisstonewallinghardly contributes to settling what is an extremely worrying issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is nothing butstonewallingand it gets us nowhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In those years we have seen some excellent officers—excellent atstonewalling, at remarkable revelations and, sometimes, at confessions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Although it is not relevant to the debate,stonewalling, which was in the original grant, is academic if fencing is cheaper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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