stone·wall

verb

/ˈstəʊnwɔːl/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they stonewall	/ˈstəʊnwɔːl/ /ˈstəʊnwɔːl/
he / she / it stonewalls	/ˈstəʊnwɔːlz/ /ˈstəʊnwɔːlz/
past simple stonewalled	/ˈstəʊnwɔːld/ /ˈstəʊnwɔːld/
past participle stonewalled	/ˈstəʊnwɔːld/ /ˈstəʊnwɔːld/
-ing form stonewalling	/ˈstəʊnwɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈstəʊnwɔːlɪŋ/

stonewall (somebody/something) (especially in politics) to delay a discussion or decision by refusing to answer questions or by talking a lot防守挡击（政治上指通过沉默或冗长发言等手段阻碍议事或拖延决议）
- He stonewalled successfully on the Prime Minister’s behalf.他成功地代表首相进行了阻挠。
- She stonewalled questions about her personal life.她回避了有关她个人生活的问题。

Stone·wall

/ˈstəʊnwɔːl/

(also the Stonewall riots)
fighting between the police and gay people that took place after the New York police raided a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in 1969. It was the first time that large numbers of gay people had resisted arrest and the Gay Liberation Front was formed soon afterwards. The riot is considered as the event that marked the beginning of the gay rights movement.石墙：1969年纽约警察突袭了一家同性恋酒吧，格林威治村的石墙旅馆后，警察与同性恋者之间发生了战斗。这是许多同性恋者第一次拒绝逮捕，而同性恋解放阵线则是第一次不久之后成立。骚乱被认为是标志着同性恋权利运动开始的事件。
a group formed in 1989 which campaigns for the rights of LGBT people in Britain. It is involved in political lobbying (= trying to influence the government), carries out research into issues such as discrimination, and fights legal cases to support equal rights for LGBT people. It is now recognized as a charity.石墙：成立于1989年的组织，其活动是为英国的LGBT人民争取权利。它参与政治游说（试图影响政府），对歧视等问题进行研究，并为支持LGBT人民平等权利而进行法律诉讼。现在被公认为慈善机构。