stonewalling

基本解释

But both of them are stonewalling - they refuse to answer any questions at all.
但是，这两人都拒绝回答任何问题，企图蒙混过去。
Gates and company were defiant, to the point of stonewalling regulators and refusing to take the charges seriously.
盖茨和公司目中无人，到了阻碍监管机构并且拒绝认真对待指控的地步。
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.
伊朗和叙利亚，尽管是核不扩散条约国，阻挠国际原子能机构，联合国的和核监查机构的监察员监查越来越多关于秘密核活动的证据。

He was hampered by the protracted obstruction and stonewalling of the President and his team.
FORBES: Fact and Comment
The passage of time is irrelevant when considering the stonewalling by banks and insurers.
ECONOMIST: Letters
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