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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

stonewall

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stonewall

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈstəʊnwɔːl/

他動詞くだけた表現自動詞

(transitive) To obstruct. / (transitive, intransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information.

日本語の意味

妨害する。特に、物事の進行や議論を阻む / （情報提供や協力を求められた際に）答えることや協力することを拒む、口をつぐむ

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During the debate, the committee members stonewall the proposal at every turn to prevent it from passing.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

討論中、委員たちはその提案が可決されるのを阻止するためにあらゆる手段で提案を妨げている。

意味（1）

(transitive) To obstruct.

Either the thing to be stonewalled must be itself a bad thing, or it must be stonewalled as the only means of preventing some other wrong being committed; obviously, paying the public creditor was no wrong, and the budget, if wrong, could be effectually obstructed by stonewalling the financial resolutions.

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意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information.

At the press conference, the Prime Minister appeared to be stonewalling when asked about tax increases.

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stonewalls

（ present singular third-person ）

stonewalling

（ participle present ）

stonewalled

（ participle past ）

stonewalled

（ past ）

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