balked
英 [bɔːkt]
美 [bɔkt]
v. 妨碍;阻碍;防止;使受挫折; (突然)停止;畏缩不前;犹豫;回避
balk的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
- VERB 畏缩;回避
If youbalk atsomething, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.- Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments...
面对动物实验,哪怕是生物专业的大学生也会畏缩。 - Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit.
去年10月,由于对2,400万美元的利润变成了2,000万的亏损感到担心,这家银行畏缩了。
- Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments...
双语例句
- But I was in no mood to be balked by a man like him.
但我全然不想被他这样的人挫败。 - In Wisconsin unions have swallowed higher contributions but balked at attempts to restrict their bargaining rights.
在威斯康辛州,工会已经接受了更高的缴费数额,但却对限制其协商权利的努力说不。 - The police balked the robber's plans.
警方挫败了强盗的计划。 - I wanted to buy the dress, but I balked at the high price.
我本想买这件连衣裙,但一看价钱太高就犹豫了。 - But he had balked at throwing his wholehearted support behind uprisings against Kadafi and Syria's Bashar Assad, urging reform and reconciliation.
但是他在对抗卡扎菲和叙利亚的巴沙尔阿萨德的起义发生后,拒绝给予全力支持,反而呼吁改革和和解。 - I suggested we sleep out in the open, but he balked at the idea.
我建议在露天睡觉,但他对此犹豫不决。 - Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a$ 24m profit had turned into a$ 20m deficit.
去年10月,由于对2,400万美元的利润变成了2,000万的亏损感到担心,这家银行畏缩了。 - He balked me to carry out my plan.
他阻止我实施我的计划。 - Most worried about a dollar crash, as investors balked at America's rising foreign borrowing.
随着投资者对美国债台日渐高筑的回避,大多数的经济学家担心美元会崩溃。 - I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.
我不愿意和他在火车上一起呆四小时。