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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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

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。